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title: 2 Chronicles 18:33 (JPS 1917) — And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of I… · tree and pragmatics
description: And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.' Who acts: certain man, king. 2 Chronicles 18:33 in JPS 1917 wi
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# 2 Chronicles 18:33 · JPS 1917

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And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.'

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**Who acts:** certain man, king · **What happens:** draw, smote, say, turn, carry, wound · **To what, where:** bow, venture, king, hand, me, I · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 18:33 · 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 (certain man, king), 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:404
# text = And a certain man drew his bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the lower armour and the breastplate; wherefore he said to the driver of the chariot: 'Turn thy hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am sore wounded.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	venture	venture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	smote	smote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	between	between	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	21	amod	_	_
21	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	breastplate	breastplate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
26	wherefore	wherefore	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	28	advmod	_	_
27	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
36	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	37	punct	_	_
37	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	28	ccomp	_	_
38	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
43	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	out	out	ADP	IN	_	45	fixed	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	53	punct	_	_
49	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
50	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj:pass	_	_
51	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux:pass	_	_
52	sore	sore	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	53	advmod	_	_
53	wounded	wound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	parataxis	_	_
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
55	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=request, polarity=none, form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past | a certain man | king's bow |  | a venture |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme |
| 2 | **smote** | past | a certain man *not said here* | the king of Israel |  |  |  | between the lower armour and the breastplate | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king |  |  |  |  | to the driver of the chariot; wherefore *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to driver=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 4 | **turn** | infinitive |  | thy hand |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 5 | **carry** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  | of the host | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme of host=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **wound** | present · passive |  | I |  |  |  | sore *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

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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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וְאִ֗ישׁ מָשַׁ֤ךְ בַּקֶּ֙שֶׁת֙ לְתֻמּ֔וֹ וַיַּךְ֙ אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בֵּ֥ין הַדְּבָקִ֖ים וּבֵ֣ין הַשִּׁרְיָ֑ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָֽרַכָּ֗ב הֲפֹ֧ךְ יָדְךָ֛ וְהוֹצֵאתַ֥נִי מִן־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה כִּ֥י הָחֳלֵֽיתִי׃

[2 Chronicles 18:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.18.33/)

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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:404` of Mova's parse database.

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