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title: 2 Chronicles 8:14 (JPS 1917) — And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, th… · tree and pragmatics
description: And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate; for so had David the
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# 2 Chronicles 8:14 · JPS 1917

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And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate; for so had David the man of God commanded.

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**Who acts:** duty, David, priests, Levites · **What happens:** appoint, accord, praise, minister, require, command · **To what, where:** courses, David · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 8:14 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (duty, David, priests, Levites), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = jps:2CH:174
# text = And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate; for so had David the man of God commanded.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ordinance	ordinance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	courses	course	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	Levites	Levite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	charges	charge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	orphan	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	praise	praise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	minister	minister	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	conj	_	_
36	before	before	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	priests	priest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
40	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	45	det	_	_
45	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
46	required	require	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	doorkeepers	doorkeeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
50	also	also	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
51	by	by	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	courses	course	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	orphan	_	_
54	at	at	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	56	det	_	_
56	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
57	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	66	punct	_	_
58	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	66	mark	_	_
59	so	so	ADV	RB	_	66	advmod	_	_
60	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
61	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nsubj	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	appos	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	_
66	commanded	command	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appoint** | past | duty | the courses of the priests |  |  |  | accord the ordinance of David; to priests's service | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent course=Theme to service=Attribute |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **praise** | to-infinitive | duty *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **minister** | to-infinitive | duty *not said here* |  |  |  | before the priests |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **require** | past | the duty of every day |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **command** | past · perfect | David |  |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **ordain** |  |  | David |  |  |  |  | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **service** |  | priests *= priest* |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **charge** |  | Levites *= levite* |  |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew}

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וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד כְּמִשְׁפַּ֣ט דָּֽוִיד־אָ֠בִיו אֶת־מַחְלְק֨וֹת הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים עַל־עֲבֹדָתָ֗ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם עַל־מִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָם לְהַלֵּ֨ל וּלְשָׁרֵ֜ת נֶ֤גֶד הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לִדְבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָ֖ם לְשַׁ֣עַר וָשָׁ֑עַר כִּ֣י כֵ֔ן מִצְוַ֖ת דָּוִ֥יד אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:174` of Mova's parse database.

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