--- title: 2 Chronicles 26:5 (JPS 1917) — And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had und… · tree and pragmatics description: And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. Who acts: Uzziah, Zechariah, God. 2 Chronicles 26:5 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.580/) [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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/26/) / [26:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.5/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 26:5 · JPS 1917 And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. **Who acts:** Uzziah, Zechariah, God · **What happens:** set, seek, have, make, prosper · **To what, where:** Uzziah, God, understanding, vision, LORD This is 2 Chronicles 26:5 · 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 (Uzziah, Zechariah, 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:580 # text = And he set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the vision of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Zechariah Zechariah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 prosper prosper VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **set** | past | Uzziah | Uzziah | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Uzziah *not said here* | God | | | day | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | Zechariah | understanding | | the vision of God | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent understanding=Patient | | 4 | **seek** | past | Uzziah | the LORD | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 5 | **make** | past | God | Uzziah | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **prosper** | to-infinitive | Uzziah *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיְהִי֙ לִדְרֹ֣שׁ אֱלֹהִ֔ים בִּימֵ֣י זְכַרְיָ֔הוּ הַמֵּבִ֖ין בִּרְאֹ֣ת הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וּבִימֵי֙ דָּרְשׁ֣וֹ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה הִצְלִיח֖וֹ הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ס [2 Chronicles 26:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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