--- title: 2 Chronicles 28:24 (JPS 1917) — And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut… · tree and pragmatics description: And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 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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 (Ahaz), 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:636 # text = And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD; and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Ahaz Ahaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 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 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 27 up up ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 altars altar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past | Ahaz | the vessels of the house of God | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme | | 2 | **cut** | past | Ahaz *not said here* | the vessels of the house of God | | pieces | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset vessel=Product | | 3 | **shut up** | past | Ahaz *not said here* | the doors of the house of the LORD | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 4 | **make** | past | Ahaz | altars | God | every corner of Jerusalem | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary altar=Product | 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} וַיֶּאֱסֹ֨ף אָחָ֜ז אֶת־כְּלֵ֣י בֵית־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֗ים וַיְקַצֵּץ֙ אֶת־כְּלֵ֣י בֵית־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיִּסְגֹּ֖ר אֶת־דַּלְת֣וֹת בֵּית־יְהוָ֑ה וַיַּ֨עַשׂ ל֧וֹ מִזְבְּח֛וֹת בְּכָל־פִּנָּ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [2 Chronicles 28:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.28.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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