--- title: 2 Chronicles 20:21 (JPS 1917) — And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them tha… · tree and pragmatics description: And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto the LORD, and praise in the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and say: 'Give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever.' 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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 (Jehoshaphat, people, mercy), 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:439 # text = And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto the LORD, and praise in the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and say: 'Give thanks unto the LORD, for His mercy endureth for ever.' 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 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 6 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 holiness holiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ _ 41 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 thanks thanks NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 50 endureth endure VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 ever ever ADV RB _ 50 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past · perfect | Jehoshaphat | counsel | | | | with the people | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | | 2 | **appoint** | past | Jehoshaphat | people | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | should | | | | | | unto the LORD | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **praise** | infinitive | | | | the beauty of holiness | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go out** | past | people | | | | before the army | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **give** | infinitive | | thanks | | | | unto the LORD | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 8 | **endure** | present | Jehoshaphat's mercy | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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} וַיִּוָּעַץ֙ אֶל־הָעָ֔ם וַיַּעֲמֵ֤ד מְשֹֽׁרֲרִים֙ לַיהוָ֔ה וּֽמְהַֽלְלִ֖ים לְהַדְרַת־קֹ֑דֶשׁ בְּצֵאת֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הֶֽחָל֔וּץ וְאֹֽמְרִים֙ הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י לְעוֹלָ֖ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃ [2 Chronicles 20:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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