--- title: 2 Chronicles 29:31 (JPS 1917) — Then Hezekiah answered and said: 'Now ye have consecrated yourselves… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Hezekiah answered and said: 'Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the LORD.' And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings. 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And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings. **Who acts:** Hezekiah, ye, congregation, many · **What happens:** answer, say, consecrate, come, bring, bring in · **To what, where:** yourselves, sacrifices, house, burnt offerings · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Chronicles 29:31 · 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 (Hezekiah, ye, congregation, many), 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:674 # text = Then Hezekiah answered and said: 'Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank-offerings into the house of the LORD.' And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank-offerings; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt-offerings. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 9 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 consecrated consecrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 12 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 18 near near ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 thank thank NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ _ 25 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 26 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 in in ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 39 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 thank thank NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ _ 43 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 46 as as ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 nsubj _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 acl:relcl _ _ 54 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 amod _ _ 56 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ _ 57 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Hezekiah | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hezekiah *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **consecrate** | present · perfect | ye | yourselves | | | now | unto the LORD | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourselves=Theme | | 4 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | infinitive | | sacrifices and thank offerings | | the house of the LORD | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme into house=Destination | | 6 | **bring in** | past | the congregation | sacrifices and thank offerings | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sacrifice=Asset | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | | of a willing heart | tree rules | | 8 | **bring** | past | many | burnt offerings | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 9 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיַּ֨עַן יְחִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר עַתָּ֨ה מִלֵּאתֶ֤ם יֶדְכֶם֙ לַיהוָ֔ה גֹּ֧שׁוּ וְהָבִ֛יאוּ זְבָחִ֥ים וְתוֹד֖וֹת לְבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיָּבִ֤יאוּ הַקָּהָל֙ זְבָחִ֣ים וְתוֹד֔וֹת וְכָל־נְדִ֥יב לֵ֖ב עֹלֽוֹת׃ [2 Chronicles 29:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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