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title: 2 Chronicles 26:10 (JPS 1917) — And be built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And be built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the Lowland also, and in the table-land; and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry. Who acts: Uzziah. 2 Chronicles 26:10 in JPS 1917 with it
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# 2 Chronicles 26:10 · JPS 1917

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And be built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the Lowland also, and in the table-land; and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.

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**Who acts:** Uzziah · **What happens:** build, hew out, have, love · **To what, where:** towers, wilderness, many cisterns, much cattle, husbandmen, mountains

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This is 2 Chronicles 26:10 · 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), 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:585
# text = And be built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the Lowland also, and in the table-land; and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wilderness	wilderness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hewed	hew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cisterns	cistern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
18	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	cattle	cattle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Lowland	Lowland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
24	also	also	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
29	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	compound	_	_
30	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	29	punct	_	_
31	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
35	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
36	husbandmen	husbandman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	vinedressers	vinedresser	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	conj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	fruitful	fruitful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	_
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	50	punct	_	_
48	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
49	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
51	husbandry	husbandry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | infinitive · passive |  | towers |  | the wilderness |  | in the Lowland and the table land | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: tower=Product |
| 2 | **hew out** | past |  | many cisterns |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cistern=Patient |
| 3 | **have** | past | Uzziah | much cattle |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cattle=Patient |
| 4 | **have** | past | Uzziah | husbandmen and vinedressers |  | the mountains and the fruitful fields |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husbandman=Patient |
| 5 | **love** | past | Uzziah | husbandry |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer husbandry=Stimulus |

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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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וַיִּ֨בֶן מִגְדָּלִ֜ים בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וַיַּחְצֹב֙ בֹּר֣וֹת רַבִּ֔ים כִּ֤י מִקְנֶה־רַּב֙ הָ֣יָה ל֔וֹ וּבַשְּׁפֵלָ֖ה וּבַמִּישׁ֑וֹר אִכָּרִ֣ים וְכֹֽרְמִ֗ים בֶּהָרִים֙ וּבַכַּרְמֶ֔ל כִּֽי־אֹהֵ֥ב אֲדָמָ֖ה הָיָֽה׃ס

[2 Chronicles 26:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.26.10/)

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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:585` of Mova's parse database.

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