--- title: 2 Chronicles 34:24 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah; Who acts: LORD, I, kings. 2 Chronicles 34:24 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of ev --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.819/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [2 Chronicles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/) / [chapter 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH/34/) / [34:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.24/) / JPS 1 # 2 Chronicles 34:24 · JPS 1917 Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah; **Who acts:** LORD, I, kings · **What happens:** say, bring, write, read · **To what, where:** evil, curses, book · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Chronicles 34:24 · 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 (LORD, I, kings), 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:819 # text = Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah; 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 11 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 20 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 even even ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 curses curse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring** | future | I | evil | | | | upon this place; upon the inhabitants and all curses | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent evil=Theme | | 3 | **write** | present · passive | | all curses | | the book | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination | | 4 | **read** | present · perfect | kings *= king* | the book | | | before the king of Judah | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | 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} כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י מֵבִ֥יא רָעָ֛ה עַל־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה וְעַל־יוֹשְׁבָ֑יו אֵ֤ת כָּל־הָאָלוֹת֙ הַכְּתוּב֣וֹת עַל־הַסֵּ֔פֶר אֲשֶׁ֣ר קָֽרְא֔וּ לִפְנֵ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה׃ [2 Chronicles 34:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:819` 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 34:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.818/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 34:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.820/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 34:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.24/)