--- title: 2 Chronicles 36:23 (JPS 1917) — 'Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 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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 (Cyrus, LORD, Jerusalem), 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:885 # text = 'Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ _ 2 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Cyrus Cyrus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Persia Persia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 9 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 24 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 34 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 acl:relcl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Cyrus | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD | all kingdoms of the earth | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient kingdom=Theme | | 3 | **charge** | present · perfect | LORD | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **build** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | a house | LORD | Jerusalem | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary house=Product | | 5 | **is** | present | Jerusalem | | | Judah | | | tree rules | 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} כֹּה־אָמַ֞ר כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ ׀ מֶ֣לֶךְ פָּרַ֗ס כָּל־מַמְלְכ֤וֹת הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ נָ֣תַן לִ֗י יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְהֽוּא־פָקַ֤ד עָלַי֙ לִבְנֽוֹת־ל֣וֹ בַ֔יִת בִּירוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה מִֽי־בָכֶ֣ם מִכָּל־עַמּ֗וֹ יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהָ֛יו עִמּ֖וֹ וְיָֽעַל׃ [2 Chronicles 36:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.36.23/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **'Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.** 2. [Whosoever there is among you of all His people — the LORD his God be with him — let him go up.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.886/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2CH:885` 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 36:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.884/) - next →: [2 Chronicles 36:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/2CH.886/) - ↑ back to [2 Chronicles 36:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.36.23/)