--- title: 2 Chronicles 31:2 (JPS 1917) — And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priest and the Levites aft… · tree and pragmatics description: And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priest and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD. 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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 (Hezekiah, man), 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:712 # text = And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priest and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt-offerings and for peace-offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 courses course NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 courses course NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod:unmarked _ _ 18 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 case _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 both both CCONJ CC _ 25 cc:preconj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 amod _ _ 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ _ 33 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ _ 38 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 minister minister VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 46 thanks thanks NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 45 obj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 60 . . 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 | **appoint** | past | Hezekiah | the courses of the priest and the Levites | | | after Levites's courses | accord man's service both the priests and the Levites; for burnt offerings and peace offerings; every man *nmod:unmarked* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **minister** | to-infinitive | Hezekiah *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | to-infinitive | Hezekiah *not said here* | thanks | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 6 | **praise** | to-infinitive | Hezekiah *not said here* | | | the gates of the camp of the LORD | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **service** | | man | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד יְחִזְקִיָּ֡הוּ אֶת־מַחְלְק֣וֹת הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְ֠הַלְוִיִּם עַֽל־מַחְלְקוֹתָ֞ם אִ֣ישׁ ׀ כְּפִ֣י עֲבֹדָת֗וֹ לַכֹּהֲנִים֙ וְלַלְוִיִּ֔ם לְעֹלָ֖ה וְלִשְׁלָמִ֑ים לְשָׁרֵת֙ וּלְהֹד֣וֹת וּלְהַלֵּ֔ל בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֖י מַחֲנ֥וֹת יְהוָֽה׃ס [2 Chronicles 31:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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