--- title: 2 Chronicles 35:12 (JPS 1917) — And they removed the portions that were to be burnt, that they might… · tree and pragmatics description: And they removed the portions that were to be burnt, that they might give them to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to present unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. 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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 (Levites), 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:843 # text = And they removed the portions that were to be burnt, that they might give them to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to present unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 removed remove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 portions portion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 divisions division NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 ' 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 24 houses house NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 advcl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 . . 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 | **remove** | past | Levites *= levite* | the portions | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | | 2 | **burnt** | past · passive | Levites *= levite* *not said here* | the portions | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | might | Levites *= levite* | priests *= priest* | the divisions of the fathers's houses of the children of the people | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to division=Recipient | | 4 | **present** | to-infinitive | Levites *= levite* *not said here* | | | | | unto the LORD | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **write** | present · passive | | portion | | the book of Moses | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination | 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} וַיָּסִ֨ירוּ הָעֹלָ֜ה לְ֠תִתָּם לְמִפְלַגּ֤וֹת לְבֵית־אָבוֹת֙ לִבְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם לְהַקְרִיב֙ לַיהוָ֔ה כַּכָּת֖וּב בְּסֵ֣פֶר מֹשֶׁ֑ה וְכֵ֖ן לַבָּקָֽר׃ [2 Chronicles 35:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.12/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And they removed the portions that were to be burnt, that they might give them to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the children of the people, to present unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses.** 2. [And so did they with the oxen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.844/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:843` 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 35:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.842/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 35:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.844/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 35:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.12/)