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title: 2 Chronicles 12:13 (JPS 1917) — So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for… · tree and pragmatics
description: So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there; and his mother's name was Naamah t
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# 2 Chronicles 12:13 · JPS 1917

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So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.

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**Who acts:** king Rehoboam, Rehoboam, LORD, name, mother · **What happens:** strengthen, reign, be, begin, choose out, put · **To what, where:** Rehoboam, Jerusalem, city, tribes, name, Naamah

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This is 2 Chronicles 12:13 · 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 (king Rehoboam, Rehoboam, LORD, name), 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:269
# text = So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned; for Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put His name there; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Rehoboam	Rehoboam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	reigned	reign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
13	Rehoboam	Rehoboam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
15	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	conj	_	_
18	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl:unmarked	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
20	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	22	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	reign	reign	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	reigned	reign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
29	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
30	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl:unmarked	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Jerusalem	Jerusalem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	appos	_	_
36	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	40	obj	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nsubj	_	_
39	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	35	acl:relcl	_	_
41	out	out	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	45	case	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	fixed	_	_
43	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	45	det:predet	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	_	_
50	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	advcl	_	_
51	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	50	advmod	_	_
54	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	61	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod:poss	_	_
58	's	's	PART	POS	_	57	case	_	_
59	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
60	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
61	Naamah	Naamah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	Ammonitess	Ammonitess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	appos	_	_
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strengthen** | past | king Rehoboam | Rehoboam |  | Jerusalem |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 2 | **reign** | past | king Rehoboam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | Rehoboam |  |  |  | year | old *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **begin** | past | Rehoboam |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **reign** | to-infinitive | Rehoboam *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **reign** | past | Rehoboam |  |  | Jerusalem | year |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **choose out** | past · perfect | the LORD | the city |  | all tribes of Israel |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent which=Beneficiary tribe=Theme |
| 8 | **put** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | LORD's name |  | there |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent name=Goal |
| 9 | **is a** | past | LORD's mother's name | Naamah |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **name** |  | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **name** |  | LORD's mother |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וַיִּתְחַזֵּ֞ק הַמֶּ֧לֶךְ רְחַבְעָ֛ם בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיִּמְלֹ֑ךְ כִּ֣י בֶן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְאַחַ֣ת שָׁנָה֩ רְחַבְעָ֨ם בְּמָלְכ֜וֹ וּֽשֲׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֣ה ׀ מָלַ֣ךְ בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָ֠עִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָשׂ֨וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥וֹ שָׁם֙ מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָֽעַמֹּנִֽית׃

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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:269` of Mova's parse database.

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