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title: 2 Chronicles 15:8 (JPS 1917) — And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophe… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the p
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# 2 Chronicles 15:8 · JPS 1917

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And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.

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**Who acts:** Asa, altar · **What happens:** hear, take, put away, renew, be · **To what, where:** words, courage, detestable things, land, cities, hill country

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This is 2 Chronicles 15:8 · 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 (Asa, altar), 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:321
# text = And when Asa heard these words, even the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the detestable things out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
3	Asa	Asa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
5	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Oded	Oded	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
22	away	away	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	detestable	detestable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
26	out	out	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	fixed	_	_
28	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	30	det:predet	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	Benjamin	Benjamin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
37	out	out	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	fixed	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	cities	city	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
41	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	44	obj	_	_
42	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
43	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
44	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	acl:relcl	_	_
45	from	from	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
47	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	_
49	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	Ephraim	Ephraim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	55	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	renewed	renew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
62	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	66	nsubj	_	_
63	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	66	cop	_	_
64	before	before	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	acl:relcl	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	_
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- 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 | **hear** | past | Asa | this words |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take** | past | Asa | courage |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme |
| 3 | **put away** | past | Asa *not said here* | the detestable things |  | all land of Judah and Benjamin and the cities |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thing=Theme out land=Destination |
| 4 | **take** | past · perfect | Asa | the cities |  | the hill country of Ephraim |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent which=Theme from country=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **renew** | past | Asa | the altar of the LORD |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent altar=Patient |
| 6 | **is** | past | the altar of the LORD |  |  |  | before the porch | of the LORD | tree rules |

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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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וְכִשְׁמֹ֨עַ אָסָ֜א הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְהַנְּבוּאָה֮ עֹדֵ֣ד הַנָּבִיא֒ הִתְחַזַּ֗ק וַיַּעֲבֵ֤ר הַשִּׁקּוּצִים֙ מִכָּל־אֶ֤רֶץ יְהוּדָה֙ וּבִנְיָמִ֔ן וּמִן־הֶ֣עָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָכַ֖ד מֵהַ֣ר אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיְחַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֕ר לִפְנֵ֖י אוּלָ֥ם יְהוָֽה׃

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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:321` of Mova's parse database.

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