--- title: 2 Chronicles 29:17 (JPS 1917) — Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD; and they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 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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 (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:657 # text = Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD; and they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 7 amod _ _ 7 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 sanctify sanctify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 eighth eighth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 amod _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 porch porch NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 sanctified sanctify VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 sixteenth sixteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 48 amod _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 52 amod _ _ 52 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Levites | | | | now; day | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **sanctify** | to-infinitive | Levites *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | Levites | | | the porch of the LORD | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to porch=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **sanctify** | past | Levites | the house of the LORD | | | day | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past | Levites | a end | | | day | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset end=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} וַ֠יָּחֵלּוּ בְּאֶחָ֞ד לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁוֹן֮ לְקַדֵּשׁ֒ וּבְי֧וֹם שְׁמוֹנָ֣ה לַחֹ֗דֶשׁ בָּ֚אוּ לְאוּלָ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה וַיְקַדְּשׁ֥וּ אֶת־בֵּית־יְהוָ֖ה לְיָמִ֣ים שְׁמוֹנָ֑ה וּבְי֨וֹם שִׁשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֖וֹן כִּלּֽוּ׃ס [2 Chronicles 29:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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