--- title: 2 Chronicles 16:6 (JPS 1917) — Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones o… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasa had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 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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 (Asa, Ijon, Baasa), 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:338 # text = Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasa had builded; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Asa Asa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Ramah Ramah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 21 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 24 Baasa Baasa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 builded build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 therewith therewith ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 Geba Geba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 Mizpah Mizpah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Asa | | all Judah | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument judah=Destination | | 2 | **carry away** | past | Ijon | the stones of Ramah and the timber | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 3 | **build** | past · perfect | Baasa | | | | | wherewith *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **build** | past | Baasa | Geba and Mizpah | | | | therewith *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent geba=Product | 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} וְאָסָ֣א הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ לָקַח֙ אֶת־כָּל־יְהוּדָ֔ה וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ אֶת־אַבְנֵ֤י הָֽרָמָה֙ וְאֶת־עֵצֶ֔יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנָ֖ה בַּעְשָׁ֑א וַיִּ֣בֶן בָּהֶ֔ם אֶת־גֶּ֖בַע וְאֶת־הַמִּצְפָּֽה׃ס [2 Chronicles 16:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.16.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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