--- title: 2 Chronicles 29:22 (JPS 1917) — So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and… · tree and pragmatics description: So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and dashed it against the altar; and they killed the rams, and dashed the blood against the altar; they killed also the lambs, and dashed the blood against the altar. 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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 (priests), 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:663 # text = So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and dashed it against the altar; and they killed the rams, and dashed the blood against the altar; they killed also the lambs, and dashed the blood against the altar. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bullocks bullock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 against against ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 rams ram NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 against against ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 also also ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 lambs lamb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 against against ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 . . 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 | **kill** | past | priests *= priest* | the bullocks | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bullock=Theme | | 2 | **receive** | past | the priests | the blood | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 3 | **dash** | past | the priests *not said here* | blood | | | | against the altar | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Instrument against altar=Patient | | 4 | **kill** | past | priests *= priest* | the rams | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ram=Theme | | 5 | **dash** | past | priests *= priest* *not said here* | the blood | | | | against the altar | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent blood=Instrument against altar=Patient | | 6 | **kill** | past | priests *= priest* | the lambs | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Theme | | 7 | **dash** | past | priests *= priest* *not said here* | the blood | | | | against the altar | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent blood=Instrument against altar=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} וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ הַבָּקָ֔ר וַיְקַבְּל֤וּ הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם וַֽיִּזְרְק֖וּ הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה וַיִּשְׁחֲט֣וּ הָאֵלִ֗ים וַיִּזְרְק֤וּ הַדָּם֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה וַֽיִּשְׁחֲטוּ֙ הַכְּבָשִׂ֔ים וַיִּזְרְק֥וּ הַדָּ֖ם הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃ [2 Chronicles 29:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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