--- title: 2 Chronicles 25:15 (JPS 1917) — Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and He… · tree and pragmatics description: Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him: 'Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?' 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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, prophet, thou, people), 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:562 # text = Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent unto him a prophet, who said unto him: 'Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not delivered their own people out of thy hand?' 1 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 against against ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Amaziah Amaziah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 26 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 38 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 40 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 acl:relcl _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 44 out out ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kindle** | past · passive | | the anger of the LORD | | | | against Amaziah; wherefore *property* | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **send** | past | Amaziah | a prophet | | | | unto anger | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophet=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a prophet | | | | | unto Amaziah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **seek** | present · perfect | thou | | | | after the gods of the people | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **deliver** | present · perfect | the people | children's own people | | thy hand | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent people=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **anger** | | the LORD | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=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} וַיִּֽחַר־אַ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה בַּאֲמַצְיָ֑הוּ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אֵלָיו֙ נָבִ֔יא וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ לָ֤מָּה דָרַ֙שְׁתָּ֙ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־הִצִּ֥ילוּ אֶת־עַמָּ֖ם מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ [2 Chronicles 25:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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