--- title: 2 Chronicles 25:27 (JPS 1917) — Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD… · tree and pragmatics description: Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 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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, acts), 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:574 # text = Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. 1 Now now ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Amaziah Amaziah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 from from SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 conspiracy conspiracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Lachish Lachish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 32 after after ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Lachish Lachish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn away** | past · do-support | Amaziah | the time *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | gerund | Amaziah *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 3 | **make** | past | acts *= act* | a conspiracy | | Jerusalem | now; time | against Amaziah | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset conspiracy=Product | | 4 | **flee** | past | Amaziah | | | Lachish | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lachish=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **send** | past | acts *= act* | | Lachish | | after Amaziah | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to lachish=Destination | | 6 | **slay** | past | acts *= act* *not said here* | Amaziah | | there | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} וּמֵעֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁר־סָ֤ר אֲמַצְיָ֙הוּ֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּקְשְׁר֨וּ עָלָ֥יו קֶ֛שֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיָּ֣נָס לָכִ֑ישָׁה וַיִּשְׁלְח֤וּ אַחֲרָיו֙ לָכִ֔ישָׁה וַיְמִיתֻ֖הוּ שָֽׁם׃ [2 Chronicles 25:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:574` 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 25:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.573/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 25:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.575/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 25:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.25.27/)