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title: 2 Chronicles 35:21 (JPS 1917) — I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I… · tree and pragmatics
description: I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.' Who acts: I, God. 2 Chronicles 35:21 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every 
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# 2 Chronicles 35:21 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2

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I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.'

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**Who acts:** I, God · **What happens:** not come, have, give, speed, forbear, meddle · **To what, where:** thee, war, command, me

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This is 2 Chronicles 35:21 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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, God), 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:854
# text = I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.'
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	2	obl	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	wherewith	wherewith	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
16	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
19	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
22	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	speed	speed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
25	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
27	forbear	forbear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
28	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	obj	_	_
29	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
30	meddling	meddle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	advcl	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	37	nsubj	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	acl:relcl	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	destroy	destroy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	_	_
42	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	obj	_	_
43	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
45	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | present | I |  |  | thee | day |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against thou=Location |
| 2 | **have** | present | I | war |  |  |  | wherewith *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Patient |
| 3 | **give** | present · perfect | God | command |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme |
| 4 | **speed** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | me |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Agent |
| 5 | **forbear** | infinitive |  | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **meddle** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with God | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | present | God |  |  |  |  | with me | tree rules |
| 8 | **not** **destroy** | present | God | thee |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient |

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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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וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח אֵלָ֣יו מַלְאָכִ֣ים ׀ לֵאמֹר֩ ׀ מַה־לִּ֨י וָלָ֜ךְ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֗ה לֹא־עָלֶ֨יךָ אַתָּ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ כִּ֚י אֶל־בֵּ֣ית מִלְחַמְתִּ֔י וֵאלֹהִ֖ים אָמַ֣ר לְבַֽהֲלֵ֑נִי חֲדַל־לְךָ֛ מֵאֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־עִמִּ֖י וְאַל־יַשְׁחִיתֶֽךָ׃

[2 Chronicles 35:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.21/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. [But he sent ambassadors to him, saying: 'What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.853/)
2. **I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war; and God hath given command to speed me; forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that He destroy thee not.'**

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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:854` of Mova's parse database.

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