2 Chronicles 8:14 · JPS 1917
And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate; for so had David the man of God commanded.
Who acts: duty, David, priests, Levites · What happens: appoint, accord, praise, minister, require, command · To what, where: courses, David · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 2 Chronicles 8:14 · 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 (duty, David, priests, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 appointed | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 appointed | nsubj |
| 3 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ordinance | punct |
| 5 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 ordinance | case |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 according | fixed |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ordinance | det |
| 8 | ordinance | ordinance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appointed | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 David | case |
| 10 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 ordinance | nmod |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 father | nmod:poss |
| 12 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 David | appos |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 courses | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 courses | det |
| 15 | courses | course | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appointed | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 priests | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 priests | det |
| 18 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 courses | nmod |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 service | case |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 service | nmod:poss |
| 21 | service | service | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appointed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Levites | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 Levites | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Levites | det |
| 25 | Levites | Levite | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 appointed | conj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 charges | case |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 charges | nmod:poss |
| 28 | charges | charge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 Levites | orphan |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 praise | punct |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 praise | mark |
| 31 | praise | praise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 appointed | advcl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 minister | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 minister | cc |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 minister | mark |
| 35 | minister | minister | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 praise | conj |
| 36 | before | before | ADP | _ | 38 priests | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 priests | det |
| 38 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 minister | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 required | punct |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 required | mark |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 duty | det |
| 42 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 required | nsubj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 day | case |
| 44 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 day | det |
| 45 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 duty | nmod |
| 46 | required | require | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 appointed | advcl |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 doorkeepers | punct |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 doorkeepers | det |
| 49 | doorkeepers | doorkeeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appointed | conj |
| 50 | also | also | ADV | _ | 53 courses | advmod |
| 51 | by | by | ADP | _ | 53 courses | case |
| 52 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 courses | nmod:poss |
| 53 | courses | course | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 doorkeepers | orphan |
| 54 | at | at | ADP | _ | 56 gate | case |
| 55 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 56 gate | det |
| 56 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 courses | nmod |
| 57 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 commanded | punct |
| 58 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 66 commanded | mark |
| 59 | so | so | ADV | _ | 66 commanded | advmod |
| 60 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 commanded | aux |
| 61 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 commanded | nsubj |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 man | det |
| 63 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 David | appos |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 God | case |
| 65 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 63 man | nmod |
| 66 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 appointed | advcl |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 appointed | punct |
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 | appoint | past | duty | the courses of the priests | accord the ordinance of David; to priests's service | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent course=Theme to service=Attribute | |||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | praise | to-infinitive | duty not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | minister | to-infinitive | duty not said here | before the priests | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | require | past | the duty of every day | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | command | past · perfect | David | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | ordain | David | nom ordinance «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | service | priests = priest | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | charge | Levites = levite | nom charge «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
וַיַּעֲמֵ֣ד כְּמִשְׁפַּ֣ט דָּֽוִיד־אָ֠בִיו אֶת־מַחְלְק֨וֹת הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים עַל־עֲבֹדָתָ֗ם וְהַלְוִיִּ֣ם עַל־מִ֠שְׁמְרוֹתָם לְהַלֵּ֨ל וּלְשָׁרֵ֜ת נֶ֤גֶד הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לִדְבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ וְהַשּׁוֹעֲרִ֥ים בְּמַחְלְקוֹתָ֖ם לְשַׁ֣עַר וָשָׁ֑עַר כִּ֣י כֵ֔ן מִצְוַ֖ת דָּוִ֥יד אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃
2 Chronicles 8:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:2CH:174 of Mova's parse database.
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