--- title: 2 Kings 11:4 (JPS 1917) — And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over… · tree and pragmatics description: And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds, of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. 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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 (Jehoiada), 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:344 # text = And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds, of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD; and he made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 6 Jehoiada Jehoiada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 over over ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Carites carite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 45 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 58 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 iobj _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod:poss _ _ 61 's 's PART POS _ 60 case _ _ 62 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **send** | past | Jehoiada | | | | year | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fetch** | past | Jehoiada *not said here* | the captains of the Carites and the guard | | hundreds | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captain=Theme | | 3 | **bring** | past | Jehoiada *not said here* | captains *= captain* | Jehoiada | the house of the LORD | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to he=Destination | | 4 | **make** | past | Jehoiada | a covenant | | | | with captains *= captain* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent covenant=Product | | 5 | **take** | past | Jehoiada *not said here* | a oath of captains | | the house of the LORD | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent oath=Value in house=Location | | 6 | **show** | past | Jehoiada *not said here* | the king's son | captains *= captain* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient son=Topic | 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} וּבַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַ֠שְּׁבִיעִית שָׁלַ֨ח יְהוֹיָדָ֜ע וַיִּקַּ֣ח ׀ אֶת־שָׂרֵ֣י הַמֵּא֗וֹת לַכָּרִי֙ וְלָ֣רָצִ֔ים וַיָּבֵ֥א אֹתָ֛ם אֵלָ֖יו בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּכְרֹת֩ לָהֶ֨ם בְּרִ֜ית וַיַּשְׁבַּ֤ע אֹתָם֙ בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֔ה וַיַּ֥רְא אֹתָ֖ם אֶת־בֶּן־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [2 Kings 11:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.11.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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