--- title: 2 Chronicles 6:38 (JPS 1917) — if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their sou… · tree and pragmatics description: if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name; W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.133/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/6/) / [6:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.6.38/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 6:38 · JPS 1917 if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name; **Who acts:** people, Thou, I, Thy · **What happens:** return, carry, pray, give, choose, build · **To what, where:** prayer, land, city, house This is 2 Chronicles 6:38 · 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 (people, Thou, I, 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:133 # text = if they return unto Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which Thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which Thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Thy name; 1 if if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 captivity captivity NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 31 toward toward ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 36 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 gavest give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 45 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 46 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 47 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 toward toward ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 obj _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl:relcl _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | present | people | | | | | unto Thee; with people's heart in the land of people's captivity; with people's soul | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **carry** | present · perfect | people | prayer | | | | captive, whither *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **pray** | infinitive | people *not said here* | | | | | toward people's land and the city | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 4 | **give** | past | Thou | people's land and the city | | | | unto people's fathers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **choose** | present · perfect | Thou | the city | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 6 | **build** | present · perfect | I | the house | | | | for Thy name | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent which=Product for name=Asset | | 7 | **name** | | Thy | | | | | | nom name «communication 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} וְשָׁ֣בוּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּכָל־לִבָּם֙ וּבְכָל־נַפְשָׁ֔ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁבְיָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁב֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ דֶּ֤רֶךְ אַרְצָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תָּה לַאֲבוֹתָ֔ם וְהָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתָּ וְלַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֥יתִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃ [2 Chronicles 6:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.6.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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