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title: 2 Chronicles 29:12 (JPS 1917) — Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son o… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah; Who acts: Levites. 2 Chronicles 
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# 2 Chronicles 29:12 · JPS 1917

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Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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**Who acts:** Levites · **What happens:** arise

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This is 2 Chronicles 29:12 · 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 (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:651
# text = Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Levites	Levite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	arose	arise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Mahath	Mahath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Amasai	Amasai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Joel	Joel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Azariah	Azariah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Kohathites	Kohathite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	_
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Merari	Merari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
33	Kish	Kish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Abdi	Abdi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	Azariah	Azariah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	conj	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Jehallelel	Jehallelel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Gershonites	Gershonite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
51	Joah	Joah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	appos	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	appos	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Zimmah	Zimmah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	_
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
58	Eden	Eden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	appos	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Joah	Joah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
63	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arise** | past | the Levites |  |  |  | then |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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וַיָּקֻ֣מוּ הַ֠לְוִיִּם מַ֣חַת בֶּן־עֲמָשַׂ֞י וְיוֹאֵ֣ל בֶּן־עֲזַרְיָהוּ֮ מִן־בְּנֵ֣י הַקְּהָתִי֒ וּמִן־בְּנֵ֣י מְרָרִ֔י קִ֚ישׁ בֶּן־עַבְדִּ֔י וַעֲזַרְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־יְהַלֶּלְאֵ֑ל וּמִן־הַגֵּ֣רְשֻׁנִּ֔י יוֹאָח֙ בֶּן־זִמָּ֔ה וְעֵ֖דֶן בֶּן־יוֹאָֽח׃

[2 Chronicles 29:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.12/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:651` of Mova's parse database.

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