--- title: 2 Chronicles 35:3 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto the LORD: 'Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders; now serve the LORD your God, and His people Israel. 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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 (Josiah, Levites, Solomon, burden), 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:833 # text = And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto the LORD: 'Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders; now serve the LORD your God, and His people Israel. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Levites Levites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 acl:relcl _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 28 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl:relcl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 43 expl _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 no no ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 43 advmod _ _ 43 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 46 upon upon ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 shoulders shoulder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 50 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 51 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 58 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 60 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 appos _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Josiah | | | | | unto the Levites | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the Levites | | all Israel | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent israel=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | the Levites | | | | | unto the LORD; holy *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | infinitive | | the holy ark | | the house | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ark=Theme in house=Destination | | 5 | **build** | past · do-support | Solomon | the house | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Product | | 6 | **be** | shall | a burden upon your shoulders | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **serve** | infinitive | | the LORD and Josiah's people | | | now | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לַ֠לְוִיִּם הַמְּבִינִ֨ים לְכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל הַקְּדוֹשִׁ֣ים לַיהוָ֗ה תְּנ֤וּ אֶת־אֲרוֹן־הַקֹּ֙דֶשׁ֙ בַּ֠בַּיִת אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנָ֜ה שְׁלֹמֹ֤ה בֶן־דָּוִיד֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵין־לָכֶ֥ם מַשָּׂ֖א בַּכָּתֵ֑ף עַתָּ֗ה עִבְדוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת עַמּ֥וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [2 Chronicles 35:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:833` 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 35:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.832/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 35:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.834/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 35:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.3/)