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title: 2 Chronicles 2:13 (JPS 1917) — the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man… · tree and pragmatics
description: the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; to do whatever may b
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# 2 Chronicles 2:13 · JPS 1917

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the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; to do whatever may be set before him, with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.

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**Who acts:** father · **What happens:** be, work, grave, devise, do, set · **To what, where:** man, manner, device, whatever

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This is 2 Chronicles 2:13 · 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 (father), 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:31
# text = the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to devise any device; to do whatever may be set before him, with thy skilful men, and with the skilful men of my lord David thy father.
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Dan	Dan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Tyre	Tyre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	skilful	skilful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	timber	timber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	obl	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	obl	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
56	in	in	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	crimson	crimson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	conj	_	_
58	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	61	punct	_	_
59	also	also	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	grave	grave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	parataxis	_	_
62	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	63	det	_	_
63	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obj	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	graving	graving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nmod	_	_
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
67	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	69	cc	_	_
68	to	to	PART	TO	_	69	mark	_	_
69	devise	devise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	conj	_	_
70	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	71	det	_	_
71	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	_
72	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	74	punct	_	_
73	to	to	PART	TO	_	74	mark	_	_
74	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	advcl	_	_
75	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	78	nsubj:pass	_	_
76	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	78	aux	_	_
77	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	78	aux:pass	_	_
78	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	74	ccomp	_	_
79	before	before	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	78	obl	_	_
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	85	punct	_	_
82	with	with	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
83	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	85	nmod:poss	_	_
84	skilful	skilful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	85	amod	_	_
85	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	obl	_	_
86	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	91	punct	_	_
87	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	91	cc	_	_
88	with	with	ADP	IN	_	91	case	_	_
89	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	91	det	_	_
90	skilful	skilful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	91	amod	_	_
91	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	85	conj	_	_
92	of	of	ADP	IN	_	94	case	_	_
93	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	94	nmod:poss	_	_
94	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	nmod	_	_
95	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	94	appos	_	_
96	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	97	nmod:poss	_	_
97	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	appos	_	_
98	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | son's father | a man |  |  |  | of Tyre | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | son's father *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in brass; in iron and timber; in stone; in purple; in blue and fine linen and crimson; in gold and silver | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in gold=Theme |
| 3 | **grave** | to-infinitive |  | any manner of graving |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **devise** | to-infinitive |  | any device |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent device=Patient |
| 5 | **do** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with thy skilful men and the skilful men of my lord | tree rules |
| 6 | **set** | may · passive |  | whatever |  |  | before son |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme before he=Destination |

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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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בֶּן־אִשָּׁ֞ה מִן־בְּנ֣וֹת דָּ֗ן וְאָבִ֣יו אִישׁ־צֹרִ֡י יוֹדֵ֡עַ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת בַּזָּֽהָב־וּ֠בַכֶּסֶף בַּנְּחֹ֨שֶׁת בַּבַּרְזֶ֜ל בָּאֲבָנִ֣ים וּבָעֵצִ֗ים בָּאַרְגָּמָ֤ן בַּתְּכֵ֙לֶת֙ וּבַבּ֣וּץ וּבַכַּרְמִ֔יל וּלְפַתֵּ֙חַ֙ כָּל־פִּתּ֔וּחַ וְלַחְשֹׁ֖ב כָּל־מַחֲשָׁ֑בֶת אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִנָּֽתֶן־לוֹ֙ עִם־חֲכָמֶ֔יךָ וְֽחַכְמֵ֔י אֲדֹנִ֖י דָּוִ֥יד אָבִֽיךָ׃

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