--- title: 2 Chronicles 20:20 (JPS 1917) — And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderne… · tree and pragmatics description: And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said: 'Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper.' 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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 (Korahites, Jehoshaphat, ye), 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:438 # text = And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said: 'Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe His prophets, so shall ye prosper.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 forth forth ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Tekoa Tekoa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 22 forth forth ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 24 Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 30 Hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 O o INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 34 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 vocative _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 parataxis _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 55 believe believe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 56 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 so so ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 60 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 62 nsubj _ _ 62 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 parataxis _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 64 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | Korahites *= korahite* | | | | morning | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | Korahites *= korahite* *not said here* | | | the wilderness of Tekoa | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into wilderness=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go** | past | Korahites *= korahite* | | | | | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past | Jehoshaphat | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jehoshaphat *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **hear** | infinitive | | me | | | | Judah *vocative* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 7 | **believe** | infinitive | | | | | | in the LORD | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **establish** | shall · passive | | ye | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 9 | **believe** | infinitive | | LORD's prophets | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prophet=Stimulus | | 10 | **prosper** | shall | ye | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיֵּצְא֖וּ לְמִדְבַּ֣ר תְּק֑וֹעַ וּבְצֵאתָ֞ם עָמַ֣ד יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ שְׁמָע֗וּנִי יְהוּדָה֙ וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם הַאֲמִ֜ינוּ בַּיהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם֙ וְתֵ֣אָמֵ֔נוּ הַאֲמִ֥ינוּ בִנְבִיאָ֖יו וְהַצְלִֽיחוּ׃ [2 Chronicles 20:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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