--- title: 2 Kings 12:8 (JPS 1917) — Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other… · tree and pragmatics description: Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them: 'Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no longer money from them that bestow it upon you, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.' 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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 (king, ye), 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:371 # text = Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them: 'Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no longer money from them that bestow it upon you, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Jehoash Jehoash PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Jehoiada Jehoiada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 22 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 23 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 breaches breach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 32 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 33 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 35 no no ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 longer long ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 37 amod _ _ 37 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 bestow bestow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 breaches breach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | king | | | | then | for Jehoiada and the other priests | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for jehoiada=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | unto breaches *= breach* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **repair** | infinitive | ye | the breaches of the house | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breach=Patient | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | king *not said here* | longer money | | | now | from breaches *= breach*; therefore *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent money=Theme from they=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **bestow** | present | | priest | | | | upon you | tree rules | | 6 | **deliver** | infinitive | king *not said here* | priest | | | | for the breaches of the house | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **breach** | | | the house | | | | | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **breach** | | | the house | | | | | nom breach «act 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} וַיִּקְרָא֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ יְהוֹאָ֜שׁ לִיהוֹיָדָ֤ע הַכֹּהֵן֙ וְלַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם מַדּ֛וּעַ אֵינְכֶ֥ם מְחַזְּקִ֖ים אֶת־בֶּ֣דֶק הַבָּ֑יִת וְעַתָּ֗ה אַל־תִּקְחוּ־כֶ֙סֶף֙ מֵאֵ֣ת מַכָּֽרֵיכֶ֔ם כִּֽי־לְבֶ֥דֶק הַבַּ֖יִת תִּתְּנֻֽהוּ׃ [2 Kings 12:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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