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title: 2 Chronicles 6:20 (JPS 1917) — that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even to… · tree and pragmatics
description: that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof Thou hast said that thou wouldest put Thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place. Who acts: eyes, Thou, servant, Thy. 2 Chronicles 6:20 in JPS 1917 with its depen
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# 2 Chronicles 6:20 · JPS 1917

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that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof Thou hast said that thou wouldest put Thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place.

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**Who acts:** eyes, Thou, servant, Thy · **What happens:** be, say, put, hearken, pray, name · **To what, where:** name, prayer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 6:20 · 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 (eyes, Thou, servant, Thy), 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:115
# text = that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof Thou hast said that thou wouldest put Thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place.
1	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	Thine	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
18	whereof	whereof	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	21	advmod	_	_
19	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nsubj	_	_
20	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	acl:relcl	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	25	nsubj	_	_
24	wouldest	would	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	ccomp	_	_
26	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
28	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	25	advmod	_	_
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	hearken	hearken	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
32	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	obj	_	_
36	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
38	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	acl:relcl	_	_
40	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	42	det	_	_
42	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- hedged: yes
- teacher: changed act=request

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | may | Thine eyes |  |  |  | day | toward this house; toward the place; open *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | Thou |  |  |  |  | whereof *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **put** | would | thou | Thy name |  | there |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal |
| 4 | **hearken** | to-infinitive | Thine eyes *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto the prayer | tree rules |
| 5 | **pray** | shall | Thy servant | the prayer |  |  |  | toward this place | tree rules |
| 6 | **name** |  | Thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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לִהְיוֹת֩ עֵינֶ֨יךָ פְתֻח֜וֹת אֶל־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה אֶל־הַ֨מָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ לָשׂ֥וּם שִׁמְךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם לִשְׁמ֙וֹעַ֙ אֶל־הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

[2 Chronicles 6:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.6.20/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:115` of Mova's parse database.

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