--- title: 2 Chronicles 16:14 (JPS 1917) — And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for… · tree and pragmatics description: And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers' art; and they made a very great burning for him. 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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 (father, Asa), 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:348 # text = And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had hewn out for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the perfumers' art; and they made a very great burning for him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sepulchres sepulchre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 hewn hew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 sweet sweet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 odours odour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 divers divers ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 spices spice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 40 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 perfumers perfumer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 ' 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 art art NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:agent _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 very very ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | past | father | Asa | | Asa's own sepulchres | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sepulchre=Destination | | 2 | **hew out** | past · perfect | Asa | Asa's own sepulchres | | the city of David | | for Asa | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 3 | **lay** | past | father *not said here* | Asa | | the bed | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in bed=Destination | | 4 | **fill** | past · passive | | the bed | | | | with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with odour=Instrument | | 5 | **prepare** | participle | | spices *not said here* | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make** | past | father | a great burning | | | | for Asa | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent burning=Product for he=Beneficiary | 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} וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּֽרָה־לוֹ֮ בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִיד֒ וַיַּשְׁכִּיבֻ֗הוּ בַּמִּשְׁכָּב֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִלֵּא֙ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים וּזְנִ֔ים מְרֻקָּחִ֖ים בְּמִרְקַ֣חַת מַעֲשֶׂ֑ה וַיִּשְׂרְפוּ־ל֥וֹ שְׂרֵפָ֖ה גְּדוֹלָ֥ה עַד־לִמְאֹֽד׃פ [2 Chronicles 16:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.16.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:348` 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 16:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.347/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 17:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.349/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 16:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.16.14/)