--- title: 2 Chronicles 7:12 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: 'I hav… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice. 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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 (LORD, 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:150 # text = And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to Myself for a house of sacrifice. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 obl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | the LORD | | Solomon | | night | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | unto Solomon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | thy prayer | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer prayer=Stimulus | | 4 | **choose** | present · perfect | I *not said here* | this place | Myself | | | for a house of sacrifice | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent place=Theme for house=Beneficiary | | 5 | **pray** | | thy | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: 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} וַיֵּרָ֧א יְהוָ֛ה אֶל־שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה בַּלָּ֑יְלָה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ וּבָחַ֜רְתִּי בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֛ה לִ֖י לְבֵ֥ית זָֽבַח׃ [2 Chronicles 7:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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