--- title: 2 Chronicles 30:9 (JPS 1917) — For if ye turn back unto the LORD, your brethren and your children s… · tree and pragmatics description: For if ye turn back unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come back into this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him.' 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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 (ye, brethren, LORD), 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:689 # text = For if ye turn back unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come back into this land; for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him.' 1 For for CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 18 before before ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 28 back back ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 merciful merciful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 47 away away ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 if if SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 55 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 56 unto unto ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn back** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | | | | | unto the LORD | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | shall | your brethren and your children | compassion | | | before children *= child* | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Topic | | 3 | **lead** | past | | brethren | | | | captive *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **come back** | shall | your brethren and your children *not said here* | | | this land | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | present | the LORD | | | | | gracious *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **turn away** | future | the LORD *not said here* | God's face | | | | from you | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent face=Theme from you=Source | | 8 | **return** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | | | | | unto God | vn escape-51.1-1 «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} כִּ֣י בְשׁוּבְכֶ֞ם עַל־יְהוָ֗ה אֲחֵיכֶ֨ם וּבְנֵיכֶ֤ם לְרַחֲמִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י שֽׁוֹבֵיהֶ֔ם וְלָשׁ֖וּב לָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֑את כִּֽי־חַנּ֤וּן וְרַחוּם֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם וְלֹא־יָסִ֤יר פָּנִים֙ מִכֶּ֔ם אִם־תָּשׁ֖וּבוּ אֵלָֽיו׃פ [2 Chronicles 30:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.30.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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