--- title: 2 Chronicles 20:27 (JPS 1917) — Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshapha… · tree and pragmatics description: Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 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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 (children, 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:445 # text = Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Jehoshaphat Jehoshaphat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 forefront forefront NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 22 back back ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 over over ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | children *= child* | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go back** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | Jerusalem | | | with joy | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to jerusalem=Result | | 3 | **make** | past · perfect | the LORD | children *= child* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **rejoice** | to-infinitive | children *= child* *not said here* | | | children's enemies | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּ כָּל־אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדָ֤ה וִֽירוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ וִֽיהוֹשָׁפָ֣ט בְּרֹאשָׁ֔ם לָשׁ֥וּב אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם בְּשִׂמְחָ֑ה כִּֽי־שִׂמְּחָ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה מֵֽאוֹיְבֵיהֶֽם׃ [2 Chronicles 20:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:445` 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 20:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.444/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 20:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.446/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 20:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.27/)