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title: 2 Chronicles 25:9 (JPS 1917) — And Amaziah said to the man of God: 'But what shall we do for the hu… · tree and pragmatics
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# 2 Chronicles 25:9 · JPS 1917

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And Amaziah said to the man of God: 'But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?' And the man of God answered: 'The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.'

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**Who acts:** Amaziah, we, I, man, LORD · **What happens:** say, do, give, answer, be · **To what, where:** hundred talents, army, more, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 25:9 · 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 (Amaziah, we, I, man), 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:556
# text = And Amaziah said to the man of God: 'But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel?' And the man of God answered: 'The LORD is able to give thee much more than this.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Amaziah	Amaziah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
10	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
11	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
13	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	talents	talent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
20	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	23	obj	_	_
21	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	19	acl:relcl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
30	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
31	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
37	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
38	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	42	punct	_	_
39	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
41	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
42	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	ccomp	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	xcomp	_	_
45	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	iobj	_	_
46	much	much	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	44	obj	_	_
48	than	than	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	47	obl	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	42	punct	_	_
51	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	42	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: wh-question
- act: ask
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: changed act=ask, indirect=0

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Amaziah |  |  |  |  | to the man of God | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to man=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | shall | we |  |  |  |  | for the hundred talents | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **give** | present · perfect | I | the hundred talents | the army of Israel |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Theme to army=Recipient |
| 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the man of God |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **give** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | more | thee |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient more=Theme |

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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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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ לְאִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּמַֽה־לַּעֲשׂוֹת֙ לִמְאַ֣ת הַכִּכָּ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִגְד֣וּד יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים יֵ֚שׁ לַֽיהוָ֔ה לָ֥תֶת לְךָ֖ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מִזֶּֽה׃

[2 Chronicles 25:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.9/)

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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:556` of Mova's parse database.

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