2 Chronicles 9:18 · JPS 1917
And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and arms on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.
Who acts: six steps, two lions · What happens: be, fasten, stand · To what, where: footstool, arms
This is 2 Chronicles 9:18 · 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 (six steps, two lions), 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 were | cc |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | _ | 3 were | expl |
| 3 | were | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 steps | nummod |
| 5 | steps | step | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 were | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 throne | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 throne | det |
| 8 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 steps | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 footstool | punct |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 footstool | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 footstool | det |
| 12 | footstool | footstool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 steps | nmod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 gold | case |
| 14 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 footstool | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 fastened | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 fastened | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 fastened | aux:pass |
| 18 | fastened | fasten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 footstool | acl:relcl |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 throne | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 throne | det |
| 21 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 fastened | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 arms | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 arms | cc |
| 24 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 steps | conj |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 side | case |
| 26 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 27 side | det |
| 27 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 arms | nmod |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 place | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 place | det |
| 30 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 arms | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 seat | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 seat | det |
| 33 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 place | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 lions | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 lions | cc |
| 36 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 lions | nummod |
| 37 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 steps | conj |
| 38 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 lions | acl |
| 39 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 41 arms | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 arms | det |
| 41 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 standing | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 were | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | six steps to the throne with a footstool of gold and arms on either side by the place of the seat and two lions | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fasten | past · passive | a footstool of gold | to the throne | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to throne=Co-Patient | ||||
| 3 | stand | gerund | two lions not said here | the arms | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside arm=Location |
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
וְשֵׁ֣שׁ מַעֲל֣וֹת לַ֠כִּסֵּא וְכֶ֨בֶשׁ בַּזָּהָ֤ב לַכִּסֵּא֙ מָאֳחָזִ֔ים וְיָד֛וֹת מִזֶּ֥ה וּמִזֶּ֖ה עַל־מְק֣וֹם הַשָּׁ֑בֶת וּשְׁנַ֣יִם אֲרָי֔וֹת עֹמְדִ֖ים אֵ֥צֶל הַיָּדֽוֹת׃
2 Chronicles 9:18: 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:198 of Mova's parse database.
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