--- title: 2 Chronicles 18:14 (JPS 1917) — And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah,… · tree and pragmatics description: And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And he said: 'Go ye up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.' 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And he said: 'Go ye up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.' **Who acts:** Micaiah, king, we, I, ye · **What happens:** come, say, go, forbear, go up, prosper · **To what, where:** Ramoth gilead, prophets, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Chronicles 18:14 · 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 (Micaiah, king, we, I), 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:382 # text = And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him: 'Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear?' And he said: 'Go ye up, and prosper; and they shall be delivered into your hand.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 17 Micaiah Micaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 vocative _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 Ramoth Ramoth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ _ 25 gilead gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 38 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 41 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 prosper prosper VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 52 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · passive | Micaiah | | | | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | unto Micaiah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | shall | we | | | Ramoth gilead | | to battle; Micaiah *vocative* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to gilead=Initial\_Location to battle=Destination | | 4 | **forbear** | shall | I | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Micaiah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go up** | infinitive | ye | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **prosper** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **deliver** | shall · passive | | prophets *= prophet* | | your hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וַיָּבֹא֮ אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֵלָ֗יו מִיכָה֙ הֲנֵלֵ֞ךְ אֶל־רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד רָמֹ֥ת גִּלְעָ֛ד לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ עֲל֣וּ וְהַצְלִ֔יחוּ וְיִנָּתְנ֖וּ בְּיֶדְכֶֽם׃ [2 Chronicles 18:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.18.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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