--- title: 2 Chronicles 24:5 (JPS 1917) — And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to th… · tree and pragmatics description: And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them: 'Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter.' Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 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Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. **Who acts:** Joash, ye, Levites · **What happens:** gather, say, go out, repair, see, hasten · **To what, where:** priests, Levites, Israel money, house, matter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Chronicles 24:5 · 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 (Joash, ye, Levites), 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:519 # text = And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them: 'Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter.' Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 18 out out ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 29 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 47 hasten hasten VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 52 Howbeit howbeit ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 55 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past | Joash | the priests and the Levites | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent priest=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Joash *not said here* | | Levites *= levite* | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to they=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **go out** | infinitive | | | | | | unto the cities of Judah; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **gather** | infinitive | | all Israel money | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 5 | **repair** | to-infinitive | | the house of your God | | | year | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 6 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **hasten** | present | ye | the matter | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent matter=Patient | | 8 | **not** **hasten** | past | the Levites | house | | | | howbeit *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=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} וַיִּקְבֹּץ֮ אֶת־הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּם֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֡ם צְא֣וּ לְעָרֵ֪י יְהוּדָ֟ה וְקִבְצוּ֩ מִכָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל כֶּ֜סֶף לְחַזֵּ֣ק ׀ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֗ם מִדֵּ֤י שָׁנָה֙ בְּשָׁנָ֔ה וְאַתֶּ֖ם תְּמַהֲר֣וּ לַדָּבָ֑ר וְלֹ֥א מִֽהֲר֖וּ הַֽלְוִיִּֽם׃ [2 Chronicles 24:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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