--- title: 2 Chronicles 18:5 (JPS 1917) — Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them: 'Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And they said: 'Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.' 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And they said: 'Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.' **Who acts:** king, we, I, prophets, God · **What happens:** gather, say, go, forbear, go up, deliver · **To what, where:** prophets, Ramoth, battle, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Chronicles 18:5 · 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 (king, we, I, prophets), 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:373 # text = Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said unto them: 'Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And they said: 'Go up; for God will deliver it into the hand of the king.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 compound _ _ 12 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 appos _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 21 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Ramoth Ramoth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ _ 27 gilead gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 flat _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 40 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 ccomp _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 45 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 parataxis _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, indirect=0, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past | the king of Israel | the prophets | | | then | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophet=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king of Israel *not said here* | | | | | unto men *= man* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | shall | we | | | Ramoth | | to battle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to ramoth=Initial\_Location to battle=Destination | | 4 | **forbear** | shall | I | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prophets *= prophet* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **deliver** | future | God | battle | | the hand of the king | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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} וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ץ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל אֶֽת־הַנְּבִאִים֮ אַרְבַּ֣ע מֵא֣וֹת אִישׁ֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם הֲנֵלֵ֞ךְ אֶל־רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ עֲלֵ֔ה וְיִתֵּ֥ן הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [2 Chronicles 18:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.18.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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