--- title: 2 Kings 12:12 (JPS 1917) — And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them… · tree and pragmatics description: And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, Who acts: money, work, carpenters. 2 Kings 12:12 in JPS 1917 with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.375/) [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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/12/) / [12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.12/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 12:12 · JPS 1917 And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, **Who acts:** money, work, carpenters · **What happens:** give, weigh out, do, have, pay out, wrought · **To what, where:** money, hands, work, oversight, house This is 2 Kings 12:12 · 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 (money, work, carpenters), 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:375 # text = And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 weighed weigh VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 oversight oversight NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 carpenters carpenter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 builders builder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 wrought wrought VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 upon upon ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | money | the money | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 2 | **weigh out** | past · passive | | the money | | the hands of money | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: subject=Value | | 3 | **do** | past | | the work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 4 | **have** | past | the work | the oversight of the house of the LORD | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oversight=Patient | | 5 | **pay out** | past | money | house | | | | to the carpenters and the builders | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | | 6 | **wrought** | past | the carpenters and the builders | | | | | upon the house of the LORD | tree rules | 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} וְנָתְנוּ֙ אֶת־הַכֶּ֣סֶף הַֽמְתֻכָּ֔ן עַל־יְדֵי֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיּוֹצִיאֻ֜הוּ לְחָרָשֵׁ֤י הָעֵץ֙ וְלַבֹּנִ֔ים הָעֹשִׂ֖ים בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Kings 12:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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