--- title: 2 Chronicles 31:19 (JPS 1917) — also for the sons of Aaron the priests, that were in the fields of t… · tree and pragmatics description: also for the sons of Aaron the priests, that were in the fields of the open land about their cities, in every city, there were men that were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites. 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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 (Aaron, men, name, genealogy), 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:729 # text = also for the sons of Aaron the priests, that were in the fields of the open land about their cities, in every city, there were men that were mentioned by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogy among the Levites. 1 also also ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 appos _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 acl:relcl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 about about ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 25 det _ _ 25 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 38 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 males male NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 among among ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 obl _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 52 reckoned reckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 genealogy genealogy NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 55 among among ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Levites levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 28 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 | Aaron | | | the fields | | of the open land about priest's cities | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | men | | | every city; there | | for the sons of Aaron | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | | 3 | **mention** *speech: other* | past · passive | name | men | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Topic | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | name *not said here* | portions | all males among the priests | | | to all | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent portion=Theme to male=Recipient | | 5 | **reckon** | past · passive | genealogy | | | | | among the Levites | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent subject=Attribute | 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} וְלִבְנֵי֩ אַהֲרֹ֨ן הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים בִּשְׂדֵ֨י מִגְרַ֤שׁ עָרֵיהֶם֙ בְּכָל־עִ֣יר וָעִ֔יר אֲנָשִׁ֕ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר נִקְּב֖וּ בְּשֵׁמ֑וֹת לָתֵ֣ת מָנ֗וֹת לְכָל־זָכָר֙ בַּכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וּלְכָל־הִתְיַחֵ֖שׂ בַּלְוִיִּֽם׃ [2 Chronicles 31:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:729` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Chronicles 31:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.728/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 31:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.730/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 31:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.31.19/)