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title: 2 Chronicles 24:20 (JPS 1917) — And the spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the prie… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them: 'Thus saith God: Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, He hath also forsaken you.' Who acts: spirit, God, ye
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# 2 Chronicles 24:20 · JPS 1917

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And the spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them: 'Thus saith God: Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, He hath also forsaken you.'

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**Who acts:** spirit, God, ye · **What happens:** clothe, stand, say, transgress, not prosper, forsake · **To what, where:** Zechariah, commandments, LORD, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 24:20 · 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 (spirit, God, ye), 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:537
# text = And the spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them: 'Thus saith God: Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, He hath also forsaken you.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	clothed	clothe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Zechariah	Zechariah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Jehoiada	Jehoiada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	priest	priest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
18	above	above	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
24	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
27	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	29	punct	_	_
28	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	saith	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	ccomp	_	_
30	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
31	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
32	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	33	advmod	_	_
33	transgress	transgress	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	ccomp	_	_
34	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nsubj	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	commandments	commandment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
42	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	45	nsubj	_	_
43	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
45	prosper	prosper	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	advcl	_	_
46	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	33	punct	_	_
47	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	57	mark	_	_
48	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	50	nsubj	_	_
49	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	forsaken	forsake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	57	advcl	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
54	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
55	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
56	also	also	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	forsaken	forsake	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	parataxis	_	_
58	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	57	obj	_	_
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	57	punct	_	_
60	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	57	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: warn
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clothe** | past | the spirit of God | Zechariah |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent zechariah=Patient |
| 2 | **stand** | past | spirit |  |  |  |  | above the people | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above people=Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | spirit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto princes *= prince* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | God |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **transgress** | present | ye | the commandments of the LORD |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **prosper** | can | ye |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **forsake** | present · perfect | ye | the LORD |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **forsake** | present · perfect | God | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **command** |  |  | the LORD |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֗ים לָֽבְשָׁה֙ אֶת־זְכַרְיָה֙ בֶּן־יְהוֹיָדָ֣ע הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד מֵעַ֣ל לָעָ֑ם וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים לָמָה֩ אַתֶּ֨ם עֹבְרִ֜ים אֶת־מִצְוֺ֤ת יְהוָה֙ וְלֹ֣א תַצְלִ֔יחוּ כִּֽי־עֲזַבְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה וַיַּֽעֲזֹ֥ב אֶתְכֶֽם׃

[2 Chronicles 24:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.24.20/)

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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:537` of Mova's parse database.

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