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title: 2 Chronicles 20:37 (JPS 1917) — Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jeho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: 'Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath made a breach in thy works.' And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Who acts: Eliezer, thou, LORD, ships. 2 Chronicles 20:
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# 2 Chronicles 20:37 · JPS 1917

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Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: 'Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath made a breach in thy works.' And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

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**Who acts:** Eliezer, thou, LORD, ships, thy · **What happens:** prophesy, say, join, make, break, not be · **To what, where:** thyself, breach, works, ships, Tarshish · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 20:37 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (Eliezer, thou, LORD, ships), 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:455
# text = Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying: 'Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath made a breach in thy works.' And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
2	Eliezer	Eliezer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Dodavahu	Dodavahu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Mareshah	Mareshah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Jehoshaphat	Jehoshaphat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
15	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	_
16	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nsubj	_	_
18	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	joined	join	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	advcl	_	_
20	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	19	obj	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Ahaziah	Ahaziah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
26	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	ccomp	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	breach	breach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	works	work	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	_
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	_	_
34	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
35	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
42	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
43	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	cop	_	_
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
45	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	advcl	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
47	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	xcomp	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	Tarshish	Tarshish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prophesy** | past | Eliezer |  |  |  | then | against Jehoshaphat | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Eliezer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **join** | present · perfect | thou | thyself |  |  |  | with Ahaziah | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient with ahaziah=Co-Patient |
| 4 | **make** | present · perfect | the LORD | a breach |  | thy works |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breach=Product |
| 5 | **break** | past · passive |  | the ships |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 6 | **not** **is** | past | ships *= ship* |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | ships *= ship* *not said here* |  |  | Tarshish |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tarshish=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **work** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֞א אֱלִיעֶ֤זֶר בֶּן־דֹּדָוָ֙הוּ֙ מִמָּ֣רֵשָׁ֔ה עַל־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט לֵאמֹ֑ר כְּהִֽתְחַבֶּרְךָ֣ עִם־אֲחַזְיָ֗הוּ פָּרַ֤ץ יְהוָה֙ אֶֽת־מַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָ וַיִּשָּׁבְר֣וּ אֳנִיּ֔וֹת וְלֹ֥א עָצְר֖וּ לָלֶ֥כֶת אֶל־תַּרְשִֽׁישׁ׃

[2 Chronicles 20:37: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.20.37/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:455` of Mova's parse database.

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