--- title: 2 Chronicles 35:15 (JPS 1917) — And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to… · tree and pragmatics description: And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate; they needed not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 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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 (singers, porters, priests, brethren), 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:847 # text = And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate; they needed not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 singers singer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Asaph Asaph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 case _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 Asaph Asaph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 Heman Heman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 Jeduthun Jeduthun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 seer seer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 porters porter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 for for SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Levites Levite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 52 appos _ _ 55 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 56 for for ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the singers | | | priests's place and every gate | | accord the commandment of David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the porters | | | every gate | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **need** | past | priests *= priest* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **depart** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | priests *= priest* *not said here* | | | priests's service | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from service=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **prepare** | past | priests's brethren | | | | | for priests *= priest* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for they=Beneficiary | | 7 | **command** | | | David and Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **service** | | priests *= priest* | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=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} וְהַמְשֹֽׁרֲרִ֨ים בְּנֵי־אָסָ֜ף עַל־מַעֲמָדָ֗ם כְּמִצְוַ֤ת דָּוִיד֙ וְאָסָ֞ף וְהֵימָ֤ן וִֽידֻתוּן֙ חוֹזֵ֣ה הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְהַשֹּׁעֲרִ֖ים לְשַׁ֣עַר וָשָׁ֑עַראֵ֣ין לָהֶ֗ם לָסוּר֙ מֵעַ֣ל עֲבֹֽדָתָ֔ם כִּֽי־אֲחֵיהֶ֥ם הַלְוִיִּ֖ם הֵכִ֥ינוּ לָהֶֽם׃ [2 Chronicles 35:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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