--- title: 2 Chronicles 21:7 (JPS 1917) — Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of th… · tree and pragmatics description: Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and as He promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway. 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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 (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:462 # text = Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that He had made with David, and as He promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway. 1 Howbeit howbeit ADV RB _ 6 discourse _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lamp lamp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 37 alway alway ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **destroy** | would | the LORD | the house of David | | | | because the covenant | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient | | 2 | **make** | past · perfect | LORD | the covenant | | | | with David | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Product | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | LORD | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | a lamp | LORD | | | alway *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent lamp=Theme to he=Recipient | 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} וְלֹא־אָבָ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה לְהַשְׁחִית֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית דָּוִ֔יד לְמַ֣עַן הַבְּרִ֔ית אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרַ֖ת לְדָוִ֑יד וְכַאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֗ר לָתֵ֨ת ל֥וֹ נִ֛יר וּלְבָנָ֖יו כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃ [2 Chronicles 21:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.21.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:462` 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 21:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.461/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 21:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.463/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 21:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.21.7/)