--- title: 2 Chronicles 5:2 (JPS 1917) — Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of th… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 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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 (Solomon, David, LORD), 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:83 # text = Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 assembled assemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 appos _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 ' 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 out out ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 acl:relcl _ _ 54 . . 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 | **assemble** | past | Solomon | the elders of Israel and all heads of the tribes | | | then | unto Jerusalem | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent elder=Theme | | 2 | **bring up** | to-infinitive | Solomon *not said here* | the ark of the covenant of the LORD | | the city of David | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ark=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | present | David | Zion | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **covenant** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=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} אָז֩ יַקְהֵ֨יל שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת־זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְאֶת־כָּל־רָאשֵׁ֨י הַמַּטּ֜וֹת נְשִׂיאֵ֧י הָאָב֛וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת אֶת־אֲר֧וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֛ה מֵעִ֥יר דָּוִ֖יד הִ֥יא צִיּֽוֹן׃ [2 Chronicles 5:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.5.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:83` 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 5:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.82/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 5:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.84/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 5:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.5.2/)