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title: 2 Chronicles 18:12 (JPS 1917) — And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying: 'B… · tree and pragmatics
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# 2 Chronicles 18:12 · JPS 1917

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And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying: 'Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.'

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**Who acts:** messenger, words, I, word, thou, thy · **What happens:** go, call, speak, say, declare, let · **To what, where:** Micaiah, king, good, word, thee, prophets · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 18:12 · 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 (messenger, words, I, word), 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:380
# text = And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying: 'Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	Micaiah	Micaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
15	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
16	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	23	discourse	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	declare	declare	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
24	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	obj	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
30	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
32	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
33	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	parataxis	_	_
39	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	obj	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
41	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	cop	_	_
42	like	like	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	xcomp	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	theirs	theirs	PRON	PRP	Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	speak	speak	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
49	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	48	nsubj	_	_
50	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	obj	_	_
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
52	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the messenger |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | to-infinitive | the messenger *not said here* |  | Micaiah |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent micaiah=Recipient |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the messenger |  | king |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the messenger *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | present | the words of the prophets | good | the king |  |  | with one mouth | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent good=Theme to king=Recipient |
| 6 | **let** | infinitive |  | thy word |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 7 | **pray** | present | I | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **is** | infinitive | thy word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like one; of prophets *= prophet* | tree rules |
| 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | thou | good |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **word** |  |  | the prophets |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **word** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וְהַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ אֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֣ךְ ׀ לִקְרֹ֣א לְמִיכָ֗יְהוּ דִּבֶּ֤ר אֵלָיו֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֞ה דִּבְרֵ֧י הַנְּבִאִ֛ים פֶּֽה־אֶחָ֥ד ט֖וֹב אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וִֽיהִי־נָ֧א דְבָרְךָ֛ כְּאַחַ֥ד מֵהֶ֖ם וְדִבַּ֥רְתָּ טּֽוֹב׃

[2 Chronicles 18:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.18.12/)

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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:380` of Mova's parse database.

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