--- title: 2 Chronicles 4:12 (JPS 1917) — the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on t… · tree and pragmatics description: the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; Who acts: two capitals, capitals. 2 Chronicles 4:12 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.69/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/4/) / [4:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.4.12/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 4:12 · JPS 1917 the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; **Who acts:** two capitals, capitals · **What happens:** be, cover · **To what, where:** top, two bowls This is 2 Chronicles 4:12 · 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 (two capitals, capitals), 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:69 # text = the two pillars, and the bowls, and the two capitals which were on the top of the pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the pillars; 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bowls bowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 capitals capital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 networks network NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 acl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 bowls bowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 capitals capital NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 acl:relcl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=frag | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the two capitals | | | the top | | of the pillars | tree rules | | 2 | **cover** | to-infinitive | | the two bowls of the capitals | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bowl=Destination | | 3 | **is** | past | the capitals | | | the top | | of the pillars | 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} עַמּוּדִ֣ים שְׁנַ֔יִם וְהַגֻּלּ֧וֹת וְהַכֹּתָר֛וֹת עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הָעַמּוּדִ֖ים שְׁתָּ֑יִם וְהַשְּׂבָכ֣וֹת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לְכַסּ֗וֹת אֶת־שְׁתֵּי֙ גֻּלּ֣וֹת הַכֹּֽתָר֔וֹת אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־רֹ֥אשׁ הָֽעַמּוּדִֽים׃ [2 Chronicles 4:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.4.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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