--- title: 2 Chronicles 7:18 (JPS 1917) — then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I cove… · tree and pragmatics description: then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying: There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 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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 (I, man), 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:156 # text = then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I covenanted with David thy father, saying: There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 establish establish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 case _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 covenanted covenant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 25 expl _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 31 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 acl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **establish** | future | I | the throne of thy kingdom | | | then | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Patient | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **covenant** | past | I | | | | | with David | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **fail** | shall | a man | thee | | there | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Eventuality | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | ruler | | Israel | | | tree rules | 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} וַהֲקִ֣ימוֹתִ֔י אֵ֖ת כִּסֵּ֣א מַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּרַ֗תִּי לְדָוִ֤יד אָבִ֙יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֤ת לְךָ֙ אִ֔ישׁ מוֹשֵׁ֖ל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [2 Chronicles 7:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:156` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Chronicles 7:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.155/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 7:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.157/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.18/)