--- title: 2 Chronicles 34:28 (JPS 1917) — Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathere… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof.' And they brought back word unto the king. 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And they brought back word unto the king. **Who acts:** I, eyes · **What happens:** gather, see, bring, bring back · **To what, where:** thee, thou, peace, evil, word This is 2 Chronicles 34:28 · 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 (I, eyes), 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:823 # text = Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof.' And they brought back word unto the king. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 24 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 acl:relcl _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 conj _ _ 42 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 45 And and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 48 back back ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 unto unto ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | future | I | thee | | | | to thy fathers | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient to father=Co-Patient | | 2 | **gather** | shall · passive | | thou | | peace | | to thy grave | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to grave=Co-Patient | | 3 | **see** | shall | thine eyes | all evil | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evil=Stimulus | | 4 | **bring** | future | I | all evil | | | | upon this place and the inhabitants | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 5 | **bring back** | past | eyes *= eye* | word | | | | unto the king | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Theme | 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} הִנְנִ֨י אֹֽסִפְךָ֜ אֶל־אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ אֶל־קִבְרֹתֶיךָ֮ בְּשָׁלוֹם֒ וְלֹא־תִרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹל֙ הָֽרָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֥י מֵבִ֛יא עַל־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֑יו וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דָּבָֽר׃פ [2 Chronicles 34:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.34.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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