--- title: 2 Chronicles 32:17 (JPS 1917) — He wrote also a letter, to taunt the LORD, the God of Israel, and to… · tree and pragmatics description: He wrote also a letter, to taunt the LORD, the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying: 'As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people 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 (God, gods), 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:749 # text = He wrote also a letter, to taunt the LORD, the God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying: 'As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people out of my hand.' 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 taunt taunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 20 against against ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ _ 26 As as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 advcl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 acl:relcl _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 48 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 54 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 55 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 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 54 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | God | a letter | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 2 | **taunt** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Patient | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | | | | | against God | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **deliver** | present · perfect | the gods of the nations of the lands | nations's people | | my hand | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent people=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **not** **deliver** | shall | the God of Hezekiah | God's people | | my hand | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent people=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} וּסְפָרִ֣ים כָּתַ֔ב לְחָרֵ֕ף לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֵֽאמֹ֨ר עָלָ֜יו לֵאמֹ֗ר כֵּֽאלֹהֵ֞י גּוֹיֵ֤ הָאֲרָצוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־הִצִּ֤ילוּ עַמָּם֙ מִיָּדִ֔י כֵּ֣ן לֹֽא־יַצִּ֞יל אֱלֹהֵ֧י יְחִזְקִיָּ֛הוּ עַמּ֖וֹ מִיָּדִֽי׃ [2 Chronicles 32:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.32.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:749` 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 32:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.748/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 32:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.750/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 32:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.32.17/)