--- title: 2 Chronicles 20:15 (JPS 1917) — and he said: 'Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem… · tree and pragmatics description: and he said: 'Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: thus saith the LORD unto you: Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 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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 (spirit, ye, LORD, reason), 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:433 # text = and he said: 'Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat: thus saith the LORD unto you: Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 det _ _ 14 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 21 Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 thus thus ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 35 be be AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 44 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 49 advmod _ _ 49 yours you PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 advcl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 53 's 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | spirit | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **hearken** | infinitive | ye | | | | | all Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem and thou king *vocative* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | unto you; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **fear** | infinitive | ye | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **dismay** | infinitive · passive | reason of this great multitude | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **not** **is a** | present | the battle | yours | | | | | 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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הַקְשִׁ֤יבוּ כָל־יְהוּדָה֙ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יְהוֹשָׁפָ֑ט כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָכֶ֗ם אַ֠תֶּם אַל־תִּֽירְא֤וּ וְאַל־תֵּחַ֙תּוּ֙ מִפְּנֵ֨י הֶהָמ֤וֹן הָרָב֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֣י לֹ֥א לָכֶ֛ם הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה כִּ֥י לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ [2 Chronicles 20:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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