--- title: 2 Kings 14:6 (JPS 1917) — but the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to… · tree and pragmatics description: but the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as the LORD commanded saying: 'The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.422/) [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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/14/) / [14:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.14.6/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 14:6 · JPS 1917 but the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as the LORD commanded saying: 'The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.' **Who acts:** Amaziah, LORD · **What happens:** not put, accord, write, command, say, put · **To what, where:** children, book, fathers, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 14:6 · 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 (Amaziah, LORD), 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:422 # text = but the children of the murderers he put not to death; according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, as the LORD commanded saying: 'The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.' 1 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 murderers murderer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 case _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 32 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 xcomp _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 35 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 51 cc _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 59 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 60 det _ _ 60 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 aux:pass _ _ 63 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 conj _ _ 64 to to ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 66 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 69 nmod:poss _ _ 68 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 70 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 71 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **put** | past | Amaziah | | the children of the murderers | | | to death; accord that | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent child=Goal | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **write** | present · passive | | | | the book of the law of Moses | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in book=Destination | | 4 | **command** | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **put** | shall · passive | | the fathers | | | | to death; for the children | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 7 | **put** | infinitive · passive | | the children | | | | to death; for the fathers | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 8 | **put** | shall · passive | | every man | | | | to death; for Amaziah's own sin | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | 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} וְאֶת־בְּנֵ֥י הַמַּכִּ֖ים לֹ֣א הֵמִ֑ית כַּכָּת֣וּב בְּסֵ֣פֶר תּֽוֹרַת־מֹ֠שֶׁה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹא־יוּמְת֨וּ אָב֤וֹת עַל־בָּנִים֙ וּבָנִים֙ לֹא־יוּמְת֣וּ עַל־אָב֔וֹת כִּ֛י אִם־אִ֥ישׁ בְּחֶטְא֖וֹ יוּמָֽת׃ [2 Kings 14:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.14.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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