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title: 2 Chronicles 33:19 (JPS 1917) — His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin a… · tree and pragmatics
description: His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the seers. Who acts: God, LORD. 2 Chronicles 33:1
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# 2 Chronicles 33:19 · JPS 1917

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His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the seers.

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**Who acts:** God, LORD · **What happens:** entreat, build, set up, humble, write, pray · **To what, where:** God, high places, Asherim, prayer, history

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This is 2 Chronicles 33:19 · 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 (God, 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:789
# text = His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his transgression, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself; behold, they are written in the history of the seers.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	entreated	entreat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	16	det:predet	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	sin	sin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	transgression	transgression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
24	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl:relcl	_	_
27	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
32	up	up	ADP	RP	_	31	compound:prt	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Asherim	Asherim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	graven	graven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	conj	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	humbled	humble	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
43	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	42	obj	_	_
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
45	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	49	discourse	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
47	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
48	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux:pass	_	_
49	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
50	in	in	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
55	seers	seer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	49	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entreat** | past · passive |  | God |  |  |  | of LORD | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **build** | past | God | high places |  |  |  | wherein *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Product |
| 3 | **set up** | past | God *not said here* | the Asherim and the graven images |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient asherim=Result |
| 4 | **humble** | past | God | God |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer |
| 5 | **write** | present · passive |  | LORD's prayer and God's sin and God's transgression and the places |  | the history of the seers |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in history=Destination |
| 6 | **pray** |  | LORD |  |  |  |  |  | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 7 | **transgress** |  | God |  |  |  |  |  | nom transgression «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וּתְפִלָּת֣וֹ וְהֵֽעָתֶר־לוֹ֮ וְכָל־חַטָּאת֣וֹ וּמַעְלוֹ֒ וְהַמְּקֹמ֗וֹת אֲשֶׁר֩ בָּנָ֨ה בָהֶ֤ם בָּמוֹת֙ וְהֶעֱמִיד֙ הָאֲשֵׁרִ֣ים וְהַפְּסִלִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י הִכָּנְע֑וֹ הִנָּ֣ם כְּתוּבִ֔ים עַ֖ל דִּבְרֵ֥י חוֹזָֽי׃

[2 Chronicles 33:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.33.19/)

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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:789` of Mova's parse database.

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