--- title: 2 Chronicles 15:2 (JPS 1917) — and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, an… · tree and pragmatics description: and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye are with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you. 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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 (spirit, ye, 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:315 # text = and he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him: 'Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you, while ye are with Him; and if ye seek Him, He will be found of you; but if ye forsake Him, He will forsake you. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 Asa Asa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Asa Asa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 vocative _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 conj _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 ccomp _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 while while SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 advcl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nsubj _ _ 42 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 43 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 45 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 you you PRON PRP Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 53 if if SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 55 forsake forsake VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 56 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 58 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 obj _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | spirit | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | spirit *not said here* | Asa | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent asa=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | spirit *not said here* | | | | | unto spirit | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hear** | infinitive | ye | me | | | | Asa *vocative* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | with you | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | present | ye | | | | | with spirit | tree rules | | 7 | **seek** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | spirit | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **find** | future · passive | | spirit | | | | of you | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 9 | **forsake** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | spirit | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **forsake** | future | spirit | you | | | | | 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} וַיֵּצֵא֮ לִפְנֵ֣י אָסָא֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ שְׁמָע֕וּנִי אָסָ֖א וְכָל־יְהוּדָ֣ה וּבִנְיָמִ֑ן יְהוָ֤ה עִמָּכֶם֙ בִּֽהְיֽוֹתְכֶ֣ם עִמּ֔וֹ וְאִֽם־תִּדְרְשֻׁ֙הוּ֙ יִמָּצֵ֣א לָכֶ֔ם וְאִם־תַּעַזְבֻ֖הוּ יַעֲזֹ֥ב אֶתְכֶֽם׃ס [2 Chronicles 15:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.15.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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