--- title: 2 Chronicles 23:8 (JPS 1917) — So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the… · tree and pragmatics description: So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 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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 (Levites, Jehoiada), 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:500 # text = So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 12 Jehoiada Jehoiada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 15 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 20 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 21 det _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 appos _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 in in ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 Jehoiada Jehoiada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 50 dismissed dismiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 courses course NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the Levites and all Judah | | | | | accord all | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **command** | past | Jehoiada | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 4 | **take** | past | Levites *= levite* | | man's men | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | Levites *= levite* *not said here* | | | | on the sabbath | come *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Levites *= levite* *not said here* | | | | on the sabbath | go *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **dismiss** | past | Jehoiada | the courses | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme | 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} וַיַּעֲשׂ֨וּ הַלְוִיִּ֜ם וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֗ה כְּכֹ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה֮ יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע הַכֹּהֵן֒ וַיִּקְחוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אֲנָשָׁ֔יו בָּאֵ֣י הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת עִ֖ם יוֹצְאֵ֣י הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת כִּ֣י לֹ֥א פָטַ֛ר יְהוֹיָדָ֥ע הַכֹּהֵ֖ן אֶת־הַֽמַּחְלְקֽוֹת׃ [2 Chronicles 23:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.23.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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