--- title: 2 Chronicles 25:8 (JPS 1917) — But if thou wilt go, and do engage never so valiantly in battle, God… · tree and pragmatics description: But if thou wilt go, and do engage never so valiantly in battle, God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.' 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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 (thou, God), 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:555 # text = But if thou wilt go, and do engage never so valiantly in battle, God will cast thee down before the enemy; for God hath power to help, and to cast down.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nsubj _ _ 4 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 do do AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 aux _ _ 9 engage engage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 valiantly valiantly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ _ 20 down down ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 28 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=character, act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **engage** | infinitive · do-support | thou *not said here* | | | | | in battle *goal*; valiantly *property* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in battle=Goal | | 3 | **cast down** | future | God | thee | | the enemy | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thou=Theme before enemy=Destination | | 4 | **have** | present | God | power | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 5 | **help** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | power *not said here* | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **cast down** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} כִּ֚י אִם־בֹּ֣א אַתָּ֔ה עֲשֵׂ֖ה חֲזַ֣ק לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה יַכְשִֽׁילְךָ֤ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֔ב כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־כֹּ֛חַ בֵּאלֹהִ֖ים לַעְז֥וֹר וּלְהַכְשִֽׁיל׃ [2 Chronicles 25:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:555` 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 25:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.554/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 25:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.556/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 25:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.8/)