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title: 2 Chronicles 34:12 (JPS 1917) — And the men did the work faithfully; and the overseers of them were… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the men did the work faithfully; and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to preside over it; and other of the Levites, all that had skill with instruments of music. Who acts: men, overseers
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# 2 Chronicles 34:12 · JPS 1917

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And the men did the work faithfully; and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to preside over it; and other of the Levites, all that had skill with instruments of music.

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**Who acts:** men, overseers · **What happens:** do, be, preside, have · **To what, where:** work, Jahath, house, skill

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This is 2 Chronicles 34:12 · 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 (men, overseers), 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:807
# text = And the men did the work faithfully; and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to preside over it; and other of the Levites, all that had skill with instruments of music.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	overseers	overseer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	Jahath	Jahath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Obadiah	Obadiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Levites	Levites	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	17	appos	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Merari	Merari	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	Zechariah	Zechariah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	Meshullam	Meshullam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Kohathites	Kohathites	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	preside	preside	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	acl	_	_
42	over	over	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obl	_	_
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	other	other	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Levites	Levites	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	46	nmod	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
51	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	46	nmod	_	_
52	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
53	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
54	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
55	with	with	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	instruments	instrument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	_
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the men | the work |  |  |  | faithfully *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the overseers of Shaphan | Jahath and Obadiah of the sons of Merari |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **preside** | to-infinitive | the men *not said here* |  |  | house |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | past |  | skill |  |  |  | with instruments of music | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Patient |

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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}

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וְהָאֲנָשִׁים֩ עֹשִׂ֨ים בֶּאֱמוּנָ֜ה בַּמְּלָאכָ֗ה וַעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם ׀ מֻ֠פְקָדִים יַ֣חַת וְעֹבַדְיָ֤הוּ הַלְוִיִּם֙ מִן־בְּנֵ֣י מְרָרִ֔י וּזְכַרְיָ֧ה וּמְשֻׁלָּ֛ם מִן־בְּנֵ֥י הַקְּהָתִ֖ים לְנַצֵּ֑חַ וְהַ֨לְוִיִּ֔ם כָּל־מֵבִ֖ין בִּכְלֵי־שִֽׁיר׃

[2 Chronicles 34:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.12/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:807` of Mova's parse database.

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