--- title: 2 Chronicles 25:4 (JPS 1917) — But he put not their children to death, but did according to that wh… · tree and pragmatics description: But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying: 'The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.' 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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 (Amaziah, LORD, fathers, children), 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:551 # text = But he put not their children to death, but did according to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying: 'The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 according according ADP VBG _ 14 case _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 obl _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 48 cc _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ _ 48 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 obl _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 55 det _ _ 55 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj _ _ 56 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 63 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 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 | **not** **put** | past | Amaziah | | servants's children | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent child=Goal | | 2 | **do** | past | Amaziah *not said here* | | | | | according that | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **write** | present · passive | | | | the law in the book of Moses | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in law=Destination | | 4 | **command** | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **die** | shall | the fathers | | | | | for the children | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for child=Theme | | 7 | **die** | shall | the children | | | | | for the fathers | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for father=Theme | | 8 | **die** | shall | every man | | | | | for Amaziah's own sin | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for sin=Theme | 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} וְאֶת־בְּנֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א הֵמִ֑ית כִּ֣י כַכָּת֣וּב בַּתּוֹרָ֡ה בְּסֵ֣פֶר מֹשֶׁה֩ אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא־יָמ֨וּתוּ אָב֤וֹת עַל־בָּנִים֙ וּבָנִים֙ לֹא־יָמ֣וּתוּ עַל־אָב֔וֹת כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ יָמֽוּתוּ׃פ [2 Chronicles 25:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:551` 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 25:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.550/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 25:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.552/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 25:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.4/)