--- title: 2 Chronicles 34:27 (JPS 1917) — because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before G… · tree and pragmatics description: because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest His words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before Me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. 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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 (heart, thou, I, 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:822 # text = because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest His words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before Me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. 1 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 9 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 humble humble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 10 obj _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 heardest hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 18 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 det _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 against against ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 28 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 humbled humble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 33 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 32 obj _ _ 34 before before ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 rent rend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 39 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 also also ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 52 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 obj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 parataxis _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | thy heart | | | | | tender *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **humble** | past · do-support | thou | thyself | | | before God | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thyself=Experiencer | | 3 | **hear** | past | thou | God's words | | | | against this place and the inhabitants | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 4 | **humble** | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | thyself | | | before Me | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thyself=Experiencer | | 5 | **rend** | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | thy clothes | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 6 | **weep** | past | thou *not said here* | | | | before Me | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **word** | | God | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} יַ֠עַן רַךְ־לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע ׀ מִלִּפְנֵ֣י אֱלֹהִ֗ים בְּשָׁמְעֲךָ֤ אֶת־דְּבָרָיו֙ עַל־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ וְעַל־יֹ֣שְׁבָ֔יו וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע לְפָנַ֔י וַתִּקְרַ֥ע אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֖יךָ וַתֵּ֣בְךְּ לְפָנָ֑י וְגַם־אֲנִ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Chronicles 34:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:822` 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 34:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.821/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 34:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.823/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 34:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.27/)