--- title: 2 Kings 11:2 (JPS 1917) — But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took J… · tree and pragmatics description: But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bed-chamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 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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 (Jehosheba, they), 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:342 # text = But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, and put them in the bed-chamber; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 Jehosheba Jehosheba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Joram Joram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Ahaziah Ahaziah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Joash Joash PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Ahaziah Ahaziah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 among among ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 's 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 slain slain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 43 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ _ 48 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Athaliah Athaliah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 62 mark _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 fixed _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 advcl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 14 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 | **take** | past | Jehosheba | | Joash | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument joash=Destination | | 2 | **steal away** | past | Jehosheba *not said here* | Joash | | | | from the king's sons; away *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from son=Source | | 3 | **slain** | past · passive | | the king's sons | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | past | Jehosheba *not said here* | them *= they* | | the bed chamber | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in chamber=Destination | | 5 | **hide** | past | they | Joash | | Athaliah | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient from athaliah=Beneficiary | | 6 | **not** **slay** | past · passive | | Jehosheba | | | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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} וַתִּקַּ֣ח יְהוֹשֶׁ֣בַע בַּת־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־י֠וֹרָם אֲח֨וֹת אֲחַזְיָ֜הוּ אֶת־יוֹאָ֣שׁ בֶּן־אֲחַזְיָ֗ה וַתִּגְנֹ֤ב אֹתוֹ֙ מִתּ֤וֹךְ בְּנֵֽי־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ הַמּ֣וּמָתִ֔ים אֹת֥וֹ וְאֶת־מֵינִקְתּ֖וֹ בַּחֲדַ֣ר הַמִּטּ֑וֹת וַיַּסְתִּ֧רוּ אֹת֛וֹ מִפְּנֵ֥י עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ וְלֹ֥א הוּמָֽת׃ [2 Kings 11:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.11.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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