--- title: 2 Kings 12:13 (JPS 1917) — and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and… · tree and pragmatics description: and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 2 Kings 12:13 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.376/) [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/) / [12:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.13/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 12:13 · JPS 1917 and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. **What happens:** buy, hew, repair, lay out, breach · **To what, where:** timber, breaches, house This is 2 Kings 12:13 · 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: 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:376 # text = and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 masons mason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hewers hewer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 buying buy VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 14 timber timber NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 hewn hew VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 amod _ _ 17 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 breaches breach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 conj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 repair repair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | gerund | | timber and hewn stone | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timber=Theme | | 2 | **hew** | participle | | | | | | | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **repair** | to-infinitive | | the breaches of the house of the LORD | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breach=Patient | | 4 | **lay out** | past · passive | | | | | | for the house | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for house=Beneficiary | | 5 | **repair** | to-infinitive | | house | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 6 | **breach** | | | the house of the LORD | | | | | 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} וְלַגֹּֽדְרִים֙ וּלְחֹצְבֵ֣י הָאֶ֔בֶן וְלִקְנ֤וֹת עֵצִים֙ וְאַבְנֵ֣י מַחְצֵ֔ב לְחַזֵּ֖ק אֶת־בֶּ֣דֶק בֵּית־יְהוָ֑ה וּלְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵ֥א עַל־הַבַּ֖יִת לְחָזְקָֽה׃ [2 Kings 12:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.12.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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