--- title: 2 Chronicles 20:17 (JPS 1917) — Ye shall not need to fight in this battle; set yourselves, stand ye… · tree and pragmatics description: Ye shall not need to fight in this battle; set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed; to-morrow go out against them; for the LORD is with you.' 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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 (Ye, LORD), 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:435 # text = Ye shall not need to fight in this battle; set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed; to-morrow go out against them; for the LORD is with you.' 1 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 11 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 16 still still ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 O o INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ _ 29 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 vocative _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 38 cc _ _ 37 be be AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 dismayed dismay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ _ 42 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 43 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 out out ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 against against ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 advcl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | shall | Ye | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **fight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ye *not said here* | | | this battle | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | | yourselves | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient yourselves=Result | | 4 | **stand** | infinitive | ye | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | infinitive | | the salvation of the LORD | | | | with you; Judah and Jerusalem *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer salvation=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **fear** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **dismay** | infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 8 | **go out** | infinitive | | | | | | to morrow; against inhabitants *= inhabitant* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | with you | tree rules | | 10 | **salve** | | | the LORD | | | | with you | nom salvation «act transitive»: of=patient with=obl | 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} לֹ֥א לָכֶ֖ם לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם בָּזֹ֑את הִתְיַצְּב֣וּ עִמְד֡וּ וּרְא֣וּ אֶת־יְשׁוּעַת֩ יְהוָ֨ה עִמָּכֶ֜ם יְהוּדָ֣ה וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ֙ וְאַל־תֵּחַ֔תּוּ מָחָר֙ צְא֣וּ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיהוָ֖ה עִמָּכֶֽם׃ [2 Chronicles 20:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:435` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Chronicles 20:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.434/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 20:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.436/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 20:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.17/)