--- title: 2 Chronicles 32:15 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore let not Hezekiah beguile you, nor persuade you after t… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore let not Hezekiah beguile you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers; how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?' 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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 (you, Hezekiah, ye, 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:747 # text = Now therefore let not Hezekiah beguile you, nor persuade you after this manner, neither believe ye him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers; how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand?' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 beguile beguile VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 10 cc _ _ 10 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 17 cc _ _ 17 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 22 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 23 det _ _ 23 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 out out ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 49 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 50 much much ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 55 advmod _ _ 52 shall shall AUX MD _ 55 aux _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 out out ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 61 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **beguile** | infinitive | Hezekiah | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 3 | **persuade** | infinitive | Hezekiah *not said here* | you | | | after this manner | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | | 4 | **believe** | infinitive | ye | Hezekiah | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | no god of any nation or kingdom | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | no god of any nation or kingdom *not said here* | God's people | | my hand and the hand of my fathers | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent people=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **deliver** | shall | your God | you | | my hand | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent you=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | 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} וְעַתָּ֡ה אַל־יַשִּׁיא֩ אֶתְכֶ֨ם חִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ וְאַל־יַסִּ֨ית אֶתְכֶ֣ם כָּזֹאת֮ וְאַל־תַּאֲמִ֣ינוּ לוֹ֒ כִּי־לֹ֣א יוּכַ֗ל כָּל־אֱל֙וֹהַ֙ כָּל־גּ֣וֹי וּמַמְלָכָ֔ה לְהַצִּ֥יל עַמּ֛וֹ מִיָּדִ֖י וּמִיַּ֣ד אֲבוֹתָ֑י אַ֚ף כִּ֣י אֱ‍ֽלֹהֵיכֶ֔ם לֹא־יַצִּ֥ילוּ אֶתְכֶ֖ם מִיָּדִֽי׃ [2 Chronicles 32:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.32.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:747` 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 32:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.746/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 32:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.748/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 32:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.32.15/)