--- title: 2 Chronicles 7:22 (JPS 1917) — And they shall answer: Because they forsook the LORD, the God of the… · tree and pragmatics description: And they shall answer: Because they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them; therefore hath He brought all this evil upon them.' 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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 (statutes, LORD), 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:160 # text = And they shall answer: Because they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them; therefore hath He brought all this evil upon them.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 Because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 forsook forsake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 forth forth ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 out out ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 31 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 worshipped worship VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 44 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 48 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 50 det:predet _ _ 49 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 51 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | shall | statutes *= statute* | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **forsake** | past | statutes *= statute* | the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past | the LORD | statutes *= statute* | | the land of Egypt | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme out land=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **lay** | past | the LORD *not said here* | hold | | | | on other gods | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hold=Theme on god=Destination | | 5 | **worship** | past | the LORD *not said here* | statutes *= statute* | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 6 | **serve** | past | the LORD *not said here* | statutes *= statute* | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Attribute | | 7 | **bring** | present · perfect | LORD | all evil | | | | upon statutes *= statute*; therefore *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent evil=Theme | 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} וְאָמְר֗וּ עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָֽזְב֜וּ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה ׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י אֲבֹתֵיהֶ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר הוֹצִיאָם֮ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַיִם֒ וַֽיַּחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ בֵּאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וַיִּשְׁתַּחֲו֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם עַל־כֵּן֙ הֵבִ֣יא עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּֽאת׃פ [2 Chronicles 7:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:160` 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 7:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.159/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 8:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.161/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 7:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.7.22/)