--- title: 2 Chronicles 29:11 (JPS 1917) — My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand… · tree and pragmatics description: My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.' 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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 (you, LORD, ye), 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:650 # text = My sons, be not now negligent; for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before Him, to minister unto Him, and that ye should be His ministers, and offer unto Him.' 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 vocative _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 now now ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 negligent negligent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | My sons *vocative*; negligent *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **choose** | present · perfect | the LORD | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stand** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | before LORD | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before he=Location | | 4 | **minister** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | unto LORD | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | should | ye | LORD's ministers | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **offer** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | unto LORD | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | 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} בָּנַ֕י עַתָּ֖ה אַל־תִּשָּׁל֑וּ כִּֽי־בָכֶ֞ם בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַעֲמֹ֤ד לְפָנָיו֙ לְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ וְלִהְי֥וֹת ל֖וֹ מְשָׁרְתִ֥ים וּמַקְטִרִֽים׃ס [2 Chronicles 29:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:650` 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 29:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.649/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 29:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.651/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 29:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.11/)