--- title: 2 Chronicles 36:21 (JPS 1917) — to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the l… · tree and pragmatics description: to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 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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 (Jeremiah), 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:883 # text = to fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. 1 to to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Jeremiah Jeremiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 until until SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sabbaths sabbath NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 desolate desolate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 xcomp _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 32 sabbath sabbath NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 fulfil fulfil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 36 threescore threescore NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 conj _ _ 39 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive | | the word of the LORD | | | | by the mouth of Jeremiah | tree rules | | 2 | **pay** | past · perfect · passive | | the land | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient sabbath=Asset | | 3 | **lie** | past | Jeremiah | | | | | desolate *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **keep** | past | Jeremiah | sabbath | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sabbath=Theme | | 5 | **fulfil** | to-infinitive | Jeremiah *not said here* | | | | year | | tree rules | | 6 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} לְמַלֹּ֤אות דְּבַר־יְהוָה֙ בְּפִ֣י יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ עַד־רָצְתָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶ֑יהָ כָּל־יְמֵ֤י הָשַּׁמָּה֙ שָׁבָ֔תָה לְמַלֹּ֖אות שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃פ [2 Chronicles 36:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.36.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:883` 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 36:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.882/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 36:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.884/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 36:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.36.21/)