--- title: 2 Chronicles 24:12 (JPS 1917) — And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the ser… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of the LORD. 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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 (king, scribe, service), 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:527 # text = And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Jehoiada Jehoiada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hired hire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 masons mason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 carpenters carpenter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 also also ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 wrought work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 43 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **give** | past | the king and Jehoiada | money | such | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to such=Recipient | | 2 | **do** | past | | the work of the service of the house of the LORD | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 3 | **hire** | past | scribe | masons and carpenters | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mason=Theme | | 4 | **restore** | to-infinitive | scribe *not said here* | the house of the LORD | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 5 | **work** | past | | iron and brass | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent iron=Material | | 6 | **repair** | to-infinitive | | the house of the LORD | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 7 | **work** | | the service of the house of the LORD | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **service** | | | the house of the LORD | | | | | nom service «act 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} וַיִּתְּנֵ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וִֽיהוֹיָדָ֗ע אֶל־עוֹשֵׂה֙ מְלֶ֙אכֶת֙ עֲבוֹדַ֣ת בֵּית־יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּֽהְי֤וּ שֹׂכְרִים֙ חֹצְבִ֣ים וְחָרָשִׁ֔ים לְחַדֵּ֖שׁ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וְ֠גַם לְחָרָשֵׁ֤י בַרְזֶל֙ וּנְחֹ֔שֶׁת לְחַזֵּ֖ק אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Chronicles 24:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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