--- title: 2 Chronicles 13:8 (JPS 1917) — And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of… · tree and pragmatics description: And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods. 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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 (ye, golden calves, Jeroboam), 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:282 # text = And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 withstand withstand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 23 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 calves calf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 37 Jeroboam Jeroboam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 42 . . 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 | **think** *speech: other* | present | ye | | | | now | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **withstand** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | the kingdom of the LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | ye | a great multitude | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **does** | present | the golden calves | | | there | | with you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | Jeroboam | the golden calves | you | | | for gods | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary which=Product for god=Asset | 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} וְעַתָּ֣ה ׀ אַתֶּ֣ם אֹֽמְרִ֗ים לְהִתְחַזֵּק֙ לִפְנֵי֙ מַמְלֶ֣כֶת יְהוָ֔ה בְּיַ֖ד בְּנֵ֣י דָוִ֑יד וְאַתֶּם֙ הָמ֣וֹן רָ֔ב וְעִמָּכֶם֙ עֶגְלֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֥ה לָכֶ֛ם יָרָבְעָ֖ם לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ [2 Chronicles 13:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:282` 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 13:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.281/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 13:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.283/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 13:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.13.8/)