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title: 2 Kings 11:8 (JPS 1917) — And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapon… · tree and pragmatics
description: And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.' Who acts: ye, king. 2 Kings 11:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of eve
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# 2 Kings 11:8 · JPS 1917

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And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.'

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**Who acts:** ye, king · **What happens:** compass, come, let, slay, be, go out · **To what, where:** king

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This is 2 Kings 11:8 · 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 (ye, king), 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:348
# text = And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain; and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	compass	compass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	round	round	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	dislocated	_	_
21	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
22	cometh	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
23	within	within	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	ranks	rank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
27	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obj	_	_
29	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	aux:pass	_	_
30	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	xcomp	_	_
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
33	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	cop	_	_
34	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	37	nsubj	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
38	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	40	mark	_	_
39	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	goeth	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	advcl	_	_
41	out	out	ADP	RP	_	40	compound:prt	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	46	advmod	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	cometh	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	conj	_	_
47	in	in	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
49	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	48	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compass** | shall | ye | the king |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present |  |  |  |  |  | within the ranks | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | king |  |  |  | king *dislocated* | tree rules |
| 4 | **slay** | infinitive · passive | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP» |
| 5 | **is** | infinitive | ye |  |  |  |  | with the king | tree rules |
| 6 | **go out** | present | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **come in** | present | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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וְהִקַּפְתֶּ֨ם עַל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ סָבִ֗יב אִ֚ישׁ וְכֵלָ֣יו בְּיָד֔וֹ וְהַבָּ֥א אֶל־הַשְּׂדֵר֖וֹת יוּמָ֑ת וִהְי֥וּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ בְּצֵאת֥וֹ וּבְבֹאֽוֹ׃

[2 Kings 11:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.11.8/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:348` of Mova's parse database.

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