--- title: 2 Chronicles 24:11 (JPS 1917) — And it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king… · tree and pragmatics description: And it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it back to its place. 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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 (it, hand, Levites, much money), 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:525 # text = And it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it back to its place. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 's 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 32 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 's 's PART POS _ 37 case _ _ 39 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 emptied empty VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 58 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 back back ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **is** | past | it | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **bring** | past · passive | the hand of the Levites | the chest | | | time | unto the king's officers | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Levites | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | past | much money | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** | past | the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **empty** | past | the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer *not said here* | the chest | | | | | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent chest=Source | | 7 | **take** | past | the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer *not said here* | chest | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **carry back** | past | the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer *not said here* | chest | | chest's place | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to place=Destination | 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} וַיְהִ֡י בְּעֵת֩ יָבִ֨יא אֶת־הָֽאָר֜וֹן אֶל־פְּקֻדַּ֣ת הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ בְּיַ֣ד הַלְוִיִּם֒ וְכִרְאוֹתָ֞ם כִּי־רַ֣ב הַכֶּ֗סֶף וּבָ֨א סוֹפֵ֤ר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וּפְקִיד֙ כֹּהֵ֣ן הָרֹ֔אשׁ וִיעָ֙רוּ֙ אֶת־הָ֣אָר֔וֹן וְיִשָּׂאֻ֖הוּ וִֽישִׁיבֻ֣הוּ אֶל־מְקֹמ֑וֹ כֹּ֤ה עָשׂוּ֙ לְי֣וֹם ׀ בְּי֔וֹם וַיַּֽאַסְפוּ־כֶ֖סֶף לָרֹֽב׃ [2 Chronicles 24:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.11/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's officers by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it back to its place.** 2. [Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.526/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:525` 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 24:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.524/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 24:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.526/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 24:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.11/)