--- title: 2 Kings 10:5 (JPS 1917) — And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, t… · tree and pragmatics description: And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up the children, sent to Jehu, saying: 'We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king; do thou that which is good in thine eyes.' 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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 (armour, We, thou), 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:305 # text = And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up the children, sent to Jehu, saying: 'We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any man king; do thou that which is good in thine eyes.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 19 also also ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 conj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 up up ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Jehu Jehu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 34 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 36 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 ccomp _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 obj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obj _ _ 46 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 47 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 bid bid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 acl:relcl _ _ 49 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 51 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 52 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 54 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 parataxis _ _ 55 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 56 det _ _ 56 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 57 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 xcomp _ _ 58 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 59 do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 60 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 59 nsubj _ _ 61 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 obj _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 64 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 acl:relcl _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 obl _ _ 68 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 69 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | the household | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | the city | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring up** | past | | the children | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 4 | **send** | past | armour | | Jehu | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to jehu=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | armour *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | We | thy servants | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **do** | future | We *not said here* | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 8 | **bid** | shall | thou | us | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **make** | future | we | any man | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Product | | 10 | **do** | infinitive | thou | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 11 | **is** | present | | | | thine eyes | | good *property* | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַבַּ֣יִת וַאֲשֶׁ֪ר עַל־הָעִ֟יר וְהַזְּקֵנִים֩ וְהָאֹמְנִ֨ים אֶל־יֵה֤וּא ׀ לֵאמֹר֙ עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ אֲנַ֔חְנוּ וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאמַ֥ר אֵלֵ֖ינוּ נַעֲשֶׂ֑ה לֹֽא־נַמְלִ֣יךְ אִ֔ישׁ הַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ עֲשֵֽׂה׃ [2 Kings 10:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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