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title: 2 Chronicles 35:22 (JPS 1917) — Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised… · tree and pragmatics
description: Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco, from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. Who acts: Josiah. 2 Chronicles 35:22 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pr
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# 2 Chronicles 35:22 · JPS 1917

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Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco, from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

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**Who acts:** Josiah · **What happens:** not turn, disguise, fight, not hearken, come, word · **To what, where:** face, Josiah, mouth, valley, Neco

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This is 2 Chronicles 35:22 · 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 (Josiah), 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:855
# text = Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco, from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
1	Nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	Josiah	Josiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	12	obj	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	hearkened	hearken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
24	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
25	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	Neco	Neco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	from	from	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	xcomp	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	Megiddo	Megiddo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- 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** **turn** | would | Josiah | Josiah's face |  |  |  | from God; nevertheless *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent face=Theme from he=Trajectory |
| 2 | **disguise** | past | Josiah *not said here* | Josiah |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination |
| 3 | **fight** | might | Josiah |  |  |  |  | with God | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **not** **hearken** | past | Josiah *not said here* |  |  | the mouth of God |  | unto the words of Neco | tree rules |
| 5 | **come** | past | Josiah *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **fight** | to-infinitive | Josiah *not said here* |  |  | the valley of Megiddo |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **word** |  |  | Neco |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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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וְלֹֽא־הֵסֵב֩ יֹאשִׁיָּ֨הוּ פָנָ֜יו מִמֶּ֗נּוּ כִּ֤י לְהִלָּחֵֽם־בּוֹ֙ הִתְחַפֵּ֔שׂ וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֛ע אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֥י נְכ֖וֹ מִפִּ֣י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֕א לְהִלָּחֵ֖ם בְּבִקְעַ֥ת מְגִדּֽוֹ׃

[2 Chronicles 35:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.35.22/)

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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:855` of Mova's parse database.

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