--- title: 2 Chronicles 9:18 (JPS 1917) — And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, wh… · tree and pragmatics description: And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. 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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 (six steps, two lions), 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:198 # text = And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 there there PRON EX _ 3 expl _ _ 3 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 footstool footstool NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 fastened fasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 25 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 38 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 39 beside beside ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | six steps to the throne with a footstool of gold and arms on either side by the place of the seat and two lions | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fasten** | past · passive | | a footstool of gold | | | | to the throne | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to throne=Co-Patient | | 3 | **stand** | gerund | two lions *not said here* | | | the arms | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside arm=Location | 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} וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַ֠כִּסֵּא וְכֶ֨בֶשׁ בַּזָּהָ֤ב לַכִּסֵּא֙ מָאֳחָזִ֔ים וְיָד֛וֹת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה עַל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃ [2 Chronicles 9:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.9.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:198` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Chronicles 9:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.197/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 9:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.199/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 9:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.9.18/)