--- title: 2 Chronicles 25:16 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him: 'Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten?' Then the prophet forbore, and said: 'I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto m --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.563/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/25/) / [25:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.16/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 25:16 · JPS 1917 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him: 'Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten?' Then the prophet forbore, and said: 'I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.' **Who acts:** Amaziah, king, we, prophet, I, God · **What happens:** come, pass, talk, say, make, forbear · **To what, where:** hand, thee, thou, this · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Chronicles 25:16 · 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, king, we, prophet), 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:563 # text = And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him: 'Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten?' Then the prophet forbore, and said: 'I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 talked talk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 csubj _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 21 Have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 's 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 31 forbear forbear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 34 shouldest should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 parataxis _ _ 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 40 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 forbore forbear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 47 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 53 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 determined determine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 ccomp _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 obj _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 because because SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 62 nsubj _ _ 61 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 advcl _ _ 63 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 62 obj _ _ 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 68 advmod _ _ 68 hearkened hearken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 62 conj _ _ 69 unto unto ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 72 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ _ 73 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | hand | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **talk** | past | Amaziah | | | | | with God | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | unto Amaziah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **make** | present · perfect | we | thee | | | | of the king's counsel | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Product | | 6 | **forbear** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **smite** | should · passive | | thou | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 8 | **forbear** | past | the prophet | | | | then | | vn refrain-69 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prophet *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **determine** | present · perfect | God | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 13 | **do** | present · perfect | thou | this | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 14 | **not** **hearken** | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | | | | | unto my counsel | tree rules | 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} וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בְּדַבְּר֣וֹ אֵלָ֗יו וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ הַלְיוֹעֵ֤ץ לַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ נְתַנּ֔וּךָ חֲדַל־לְךָ֖ לָ֣מָּה יַכּ֑וּךָ וַיֶּחְדַּ֣ל הַנָּבִ֗יא וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־יָעַ֤ץ אֱלֹהִים֙ לְהַשְׁחִיתֶ֔ךָ כִּֽי־עָשִׂ֣יתָ זֹּ֔את וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖עְתָּ לַעֲצָתִֽי׃פ [2 Chronicles 25:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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