--- title: 2 Chronicles 23:18 (JPS 1917) — And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under th… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the direction of D --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.511/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/23/) / [23:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.23.18/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 23:18 · JPS 1917 And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the direction of David. **Who acts:** Jehoiada, David · **What happens:** appoint, distribute, offer, burn, write, accord · **To what, where:** offices, hand, Levites, house, burnt offerings, Law This is 2 Chronicles 23:18 · 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 (Jehoiada, David), 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:511 # text = And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, according to the direction of David. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jehoiada Jehoiada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 offices office NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 appos _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 22 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 distributed distribute VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 amod _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ _ 37 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Law Law PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 rejoicing rejoicing NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 singing sing NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 58 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 61 case _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 58 fixed _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod _ _ 64 . . 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 | **appoint** | past | Jehoiada | the offices of the house of the LORD | | the hand of the priests | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Theme | | 2 | **distribute** | past · perfect | David | the Levites | | the house of the LORD | | | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | to-infinitive | Jehoiada *not said here* | the burnt offerings of the LORD | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 4 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **write** | present · passive | | hand | | the Law of Moses | | with rejoicing and singing | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in law=Destination | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **offer** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיָּשֶׂם֩ יְהוֹיָדָ֨ע פְּקֻדֹּ֜ת בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֗ה בְּיַ֨ד הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר חָלַ֣ק דָּוִיד֮ עַל־בֵּ֣ית יְהוָה֒ לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת עֹל֣וֹת יְהוָ֗ה כַּכָּת֛וּב בְּתוֹרַ֥ת מֹשֶׁ֖ה בְּשִׂמְחָ֣ה וּבְשִׁ֑יר עַ֖ל יְדֵ֥י דָוִֽיד׃ [2 Chronicles 23:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.23.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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