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title: 2 Chronicles 30:6 (JPS 1917) — So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes thr… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying: 'Ye children of Israel, turn back unto the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to the remnant that are escaped of you ou
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# 2 Chronicles 30:6 · JPS 1917

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So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying: 'Ye children of Israel, turn back unto the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to the remnant that are escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.

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**Who acts:** posts, children, king · **What happens:** go, accord, say, turn back, return, escape · **To what, where:** remnant, hand, king · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Chronicles 30:6 · 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 (posts, children, king), 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:686
# text = So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying: 'Ye children of Israel, turn back unto the LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to the remnant that are escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	posts	post	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
21	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	case	_	_
22	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	fixed	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	commandment	commandment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
29	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
31	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	37	punct	_	_
32	Ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	ccomp	_	_
38	back	back	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
39	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	Abraham	Abraham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	Isaac	Isaac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	_
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
53	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
54	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
55	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	advcl	_	_
57	to	to	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	remnant	remnant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
60	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	62	nsubj:pass	_	_
61	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	62	aux:pass	_	_
62	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	acl:relcl	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	62	obl	_	_
65	out	out	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	68	nmod	_	_
72	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	Assyria	Assyria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	nmod	_	_
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | the posts |  |  |  | throughout all Israel and Judah | with the letters from the king and king's princes | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with letter=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the posts *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **turn back** | infinitive | Ye's children of Israel |  |  |  |  | unto the LORD | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **return** | may | king |  |  |  |  | to the remnant *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to remnant=Result |
| 6 | **escape** | present · passive |  | the remnant |  | the hand of the kings of Assyria |  | of you | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **command** |  |  | the king |  |  |  |  | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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וַיֵּלְכוּ֩ הָרָצִ֨ים בָּֽאִגְּר֜וֹת מִיַּ֧ד הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ וְשָׂרָ֗יו בְּכָל־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וּכְמִצְוַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֑ר בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שׁ֚וּבוּאֶל־יְהוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אַבְרָהָם֙ יִצְחָ֣ק וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְיָשֹׁב֙ אֶל־הַפְּלֵיטָ֔ה הַנִּשְׁאֶ֣רֶת לָכֶ֔ם מִכַּ֖ף מַלְכֵ֥י אַשּֽׁוּר׃

[2 Chronicles 30:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.30.6/)

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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:686` of Mova's parse database.

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