--- title: 2 Kings 10:17 (JPS 1917) — And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained unto Ahab in… · tree and pragmatics description: And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke to Elijah. Who acts: Jehu. 2 Kings 10:17 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.318/) [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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/10/) / [10:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.17/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 10:17 · JPS 1917 And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke to Elijah. **Who acts:** Jehu · **What happens:** come, smite, remain, destroy, accord, speak · **To what, where:** Samaria, all, word, Elijah, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 10:17 · 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), 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:318 # text = And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke to Elijah. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 remained remain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Ahab Ahab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 till till SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 case _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 24 fixed _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 33 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Jehu | | | Samaria | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to samaria=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **smite** | past | Jehu | all | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus all=Experiencer | | 3 | **remain** | past | | | | Samaria | | unto Ahab | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in samaria=Location | | 4 | **destroy** | past · perfect | Jehu | Samaria | | | | accord the word of the LORD | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Jehu | the word of the LORD | Elijah | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **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} וַיָּבֹא֙ שֹֽׁמְר֔וֹן וַ֠יַּךְ אֶת־כָּל־הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֧ים לְאַחְאָ֛ב בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן עַד־הִשְׁמִיד֑וֹ כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבֶּ֖ר אֶל־אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃פ [2 Kings 10:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.10.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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