--- title: 2 Kings 9:25 (JPS 1917) — Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain: 'Take up, and cast him in the… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain: 'Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD pronounced this burden against him: Who acts: Jehu, I, LORD. 2 Kings 9:25 in JPS 1917 with its depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.283/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/9/) / [9:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.25/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 9:25 · JPS 1917 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain: 'Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD pronounced this burden against him: **Who acts:** Jehu, I, LORD · **What happens:** say, take up, cast, remember, ride, pronounce · **To what, where:** Bidkar, Jehu, portion, burden · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 9:25 · 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 (Jehu, I, LORD), 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:2KI:283 # text = Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain: 'Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite; for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD pronounced this burden against him: 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Jehu Jehu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Bidkar Bidkar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 cast cast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Naboth Naboth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Jezreelite Jezreelite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 remember remember VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 conj _ _ 36 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 37 together together ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Ahab Ahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 pronounced pronounce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 46 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 against against ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 50 : : PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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* | past | Jehu | | Bidkar | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to bidkar=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **take up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cast** | infinitive | | Jehu | | the portion of the field of Naboth | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in portion=Destination | | 4 | **remember** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **ride** | past | I | | | | after Ahab | together *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **pronounce** | past | the LORD | this burden | | | | against Jehu | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent burden=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} וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֶל־בִּדְקַר֙ שָֽׁלִשׁ֔וֹ שָׂ֚א הַשְׁלִכֵ֔הוּ בְּחֶלְקַ֕ת שְׂדֵ֖ה נָב֣וֹת הַיִּזְרְעֵאלִ֑י כִּֽי־זְכֹ֞ר אֲנִ֣י וָאַ֗תָּה אֵ֣ת רֹכְבִ֤ים צְמָדִים֙ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אַחְאָ֣ב אָבִ֔יו וַֽיהוָה֙ נָשָׂ֣א עָלָ֔יו אֶת־הַמַּשָּׂ֖א הַזֶּֽה׃ [2 Kings 9:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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