--- title: 2 Chronicles 16:9 (JPS 1917) — For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth,… · tree and pragmatics description: For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is whole toward Him. Who acts: eyes, heart. 2 Chronicles 16:9 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.341/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/16/) / [16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.16.9/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 16:9 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is whole toward Him. **Who acts:** eyes, heart · **What happens:** run, show, be · **To what, where:** whole earth, host This is 2 Chronicles 16:9 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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 (eyes, heart), 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:341 # text = For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is whole toward Him. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 fro fro ADV RB _ 8 conj _ _ 11 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 18 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 obj _ _ 19 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 xcomp _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 behalf behalf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ _ 25 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 28 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 toward toward ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present | the eyes of the LORD | | | the whole earth | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme throughout earth=Trajectory | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | the eyes of the LORD *not said here* | host | | | | in the behalf of eyes; strong *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in behalf=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | heart | | | | | toward host; whole *property* | 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} כִּ֣י יְהוָ֗ה עֵינָ֞יו מְשֹׁטְט֤וֹת בְּכָל־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ לְ֠הִתְחַזֵּק עִם־לְבָבָ֥ם שָׁלֵ֛ם אֵלָ֖יו נִסְכַּ֣לְתָּ עַל־זֹ֑את כִּ֣י מֵעַ֔תָּה יֵ֥שׁ עִמְּךָ֖ מִלְחָמֽוֹת׃ [2 Chronicles 16:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.16.9/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is whole toward Him.** 2. [Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.342/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:341` 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 16:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.340/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 16:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.342/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 16:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.16.9/)