--- title: 2 Chronicles 29:34 (JPS 1917) — But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the bu… · tree and pragmatics description: But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 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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, brethren, 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:677 # text = But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt-offerings; wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 so so SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 flay flay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 21 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 appos _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 till till SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 until until SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 sanctified sanctify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 41 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 46 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 48 advmod _ _ 48 upright upright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 sanctify sanctify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 53 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 52 obj _ _ 54 than than ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **is** | past | the priests | | | | | few *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **flay** | could | priests *= priest* | all burnt offerings | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **help** | past · do-support | offerings's brethren | offerings *= offering* | | | | wherefore *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 5 | **end** | past · passive | | the work | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **sanctify** | past · perfect | the priests | offerings *= offering* | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | the Levites | | | heart | | upright *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **sanctify** | to-infinitive | the Levites *not said here* | offerings *= offering* | | | | than the priests | tree rules | 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} רַ֤ק הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ הָי֣וּ לִמְעָ֔ט וְלֹ֣א יָֽכְל֔וּ לְהַפְשִׁ֖יט אֶת־כָּל־הָעֹל֑וֹת וַֽיְּחַזְּק֞וּם אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם הַלְוִיִּ֗ם עַד־כְּל֤וֹת הַמְּלָאכָה֙ וְעַ֣ד יִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ הַכֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים כִּ֤י הַלְוִיִּם֙ יִשְׁרֵ֣י לֵבָ֔ב לְהִתְקַדֵּ֖שׁ מֵֽהַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ [2 Chronicles 29:34: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.29.34/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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