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title: 2 Chronicles 12:5 (JPS 1917) — Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Jud… · tree and pragmatics
description: Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD: Ye have forsaken Me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.' Who acts: Shemaiah, LORD, Ye, I. 2 Chronicles 12
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# 2 Chronicles 12:5 · JPS 1917

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Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD: Ye have forsaken Me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.'

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**Who acts:** Shemaiah, LORD, Ye, I · **What happens:** come, gather, say, forsake, leave · **To what, where:** Rehoboam, princes, Jerusalem, Me, you, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 12:5 · 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 (Shemaiah, LORD, Ye, I), 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:261
# text = Now Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them: 'Thus saith the LORD: Ye have forsaken Me, therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.'
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	Shemaiah	Shemaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Rehoboam	Rehoboam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl:relcl	_	_
19	together	together	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	24	case	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	fixed	_	_
24	Shishak	Shishak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
28	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	_
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
31	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	33	punct	_	_
32	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	ccomp	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
36	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
37	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	39	nsubj	_	_
38	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	forsaken	forsake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	ccomp	_	_
40	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
42	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
43	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
44	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	also	also	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	ccomp	_	_
47	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	46	obj	_	_
48	in	in	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	Shishak	Shishak	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
54	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Shemaiah |  |  | Rehoboam | now |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to rehoboam=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **gather** | past · passive |  | the princes of Judah | Jerusalem |  |  | because Shishak; together *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to jerusalem=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shemaiah *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto princes *= prince* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **forsake** | present · perfect | Ye | Me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **leave** | present · perfect | I | you |  | the hand of Shishak |  | therefore *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme in hand=Location |

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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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וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה הַנָּבִיא֙ בָּ֣א אֶל־רְחַבְעָ֔ם וְשָׂרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נֶאֶסְפ֥וּ אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם מִפְּנֵ֣י שִׁישָׁ֑ק וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם כֹּה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַתֶּם֙ עֲזַבְתֶּ֣ם אֹתִ֔י וְאַף־אֲנִ֛י עָזַ֥בְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּיַד־שִׁישָֽׁק׃

[2 Chronicles 12:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.12.5/)

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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:261` of Mova's parse database.

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