--- title: 2 Chronicles 20:25 (JPS 1917) — And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them,… · tree and pragmatics description: And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much. 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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, children, spoil), 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:443 # text = And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away; and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 3 Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 among among ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 abundance abundance NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 both both CCONJ CC _ 22 cc:preconj _ _ 22 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 stripped strip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 themselves themselves PRON PRP Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 33 advmod _ _ 39 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 43 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 50 in in SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 51 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 advcl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ _ 57 so so ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Jehoshaphat and Jehoshaphat's people | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Jehoshaphat and Jehoshaphat's people *not said here* | the spoil of children | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | children *= child* | | | abundance both riches and dead bodies and precious jewels | | among people | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **strip off** | past | children *= child* | precious jewels | | | | for children *= child* | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent which=Source for themselves=Theme | | 5 | **carry away** | could | children *= child* | | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | past | children *= child* | three days | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | gerund | children *= child* *not said here* | the spoil | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | spoil | | | | | much *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **spoil** | | | children *= child* | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיָּבֹ֨א יְהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט וְעַמּוֹ֮ לָבֹ֣ז אֶת־שְׁלָלָם֒ וַיִּמְצְאוּ֩ בָהֶ֨ם לָרֹ֜ב וּרְכ֤וּשׁ וּפְגָרִים֙ וּכְלֵ֣י חֲמֻד֔וֹת וַיְנַצְּל֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם לְאֵ֣ין מַשָּׂ֑א וַיִּֽהְי֞וּ יָמִ֧ים שְׁלוֹשָׁ֛ה בֹּזְזִ֥ים אֶת־הַשָּׁלָ֖ל כִּ֥י רַב־הֽוּא׃ [2 Chronicles 20:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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