--- title: 2 Kings 10:6 (JPS 1917) — Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying: 'If ye be on… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying: 'If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time.' 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Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up. **Who acts:** armour, ye, sons, great men · **What happens:** write, say, be, hearken, take, come · **To what, where:** letter, sons, side, heads, me, seventy persons · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 10:6 · 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 (armour, ye, sons, great men), 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:306 # text = Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying: 'If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time.' Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who brought them up. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 15 If if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 17 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 advcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 appos _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Jezreel Jezreel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ _ 52 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 53 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 54 det _ _ 54 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl:unmarked _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 57 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 71 advmod _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 's 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 61 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 71 nsubj _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 65 cop _ _ 64 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 65 nummod _ _ 65 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 acl _ _ 66 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 67 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 68 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 parataxis _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 75 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 76 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 77 nsubj _ _ 77 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 acl:relcl _ _ 78 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ _ 79 up up ADP RP _ 77 compound:prt _ _ 80 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=0, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | armour | a letter | sons *= son* | | then; time | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to they=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | armour *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | ye | | | my side | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hearken** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | ye | | | | | unto my voice | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | ye | the heads of the men | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | me | | time | to Jezreel; by morrow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location to jezreel=Destination | | 7 | **is a** | gerund | the king's sons *not said here* | seventy persons | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | the king's sons | | | | now | with the great men; of the city | tree rules | | 9 | **bring up** | past | the great men | sons *= son* | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=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} וַיִּכְתֹּ֣ב אֲלֵיהֶם֩ סֵ֨פֶר ׀ שֵׁנִ֜ית לֵאמֹ֗ר אִם־לִ֨י אַתֶּ֜ם וּלְקֹלִ֣י ׀ אַתֶּ֣ם שֹׁמְעִ֗ים קְחוּ֙ אֶת־רָאשֵׁי֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי־אֲדֹנֵיכֶ֔ם וּבֹ֧אוּ אֵלַ֛י כָּעֵ֥ת מָחָ֖ר יִזְרְעֶ֑אלָה וּבְנֵ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ אֶת־גְּדֹלֵ֥י הָעִ֖יר מְגַדְּלִ֥ים אוֹתָֽם׃ [2 Kings 10:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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