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title: 2 Kings 14:9 (JPS 1917) — And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: 'The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife; and there passed by the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle. Who acts: Jehoash, thistle, 
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# 2 Kings 14:9 · JPS 1917

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And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: 'The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife; and there passed by the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.

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**Who acts:** Jehoash, thistle, cedar, wild beasts · **What happens:** send, say, be, give, pass, tread down · **To what, where:** Amaziah king, Lebanon, cedar, daughter, son, thistle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Kings 14:9 · 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 (Jehoash, thistle, cedar, wild beasts), 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:425
# text = And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying: 'The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying: Give thy daughter to my son to wife; and there passed by the wild beasts that were in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	Jehoash	Jehoash	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Amaziah	Amaziah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
16	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
17	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Lebanon	Lebanon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	acl:relcl	_	_
23	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	cedar	cedar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	30	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Lebanon	Lebanon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	acl:relcl	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	advcl	_	_
33	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
34	Give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	ccomp	_	_
35	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
40	to	to	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
42	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
44	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	45	expl	_	_
45	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
46	by	by	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
50	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
51	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	cop	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	Lebanon	Lebanon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	acl:relcl	_	_
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	trod	tread	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	conj	_	_
57	down	down	ADP	RP	_	56	compound:prt	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	_
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=narrator, polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | Jehoash |  | Amaziah king of Judah |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to king=Destination |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Jehoash *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is** | past | the thistle |  |  | Lebanon |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **send** | past | the thistle |  |  | the cedar |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to cedar=Destination |
| 5 | **is** | past | the cedar |  |  | Lebanon |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the thistle *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 7 | **give** | infinitive |  | thy daughter | my son |  |  | to wife | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to son=Recipient |
| 8 | **pass** | past | Jehoash *not said here* |  |  | there |  | by the wild beasts | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by beast=Location |
| 9 | **is** | past | the wild beasts |  |  | Lebanon |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **tread down** | past | Jehoash *not said here* | the thistle |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location thistle=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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וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח יְהוֹאָ֣שׁ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־אֲמַצְיָ֣הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַח֜וֹחַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֗וֹן שָׁ֠לַח אֶל־הָאֶ֜רֶז אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּלְּבָנוֹן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר תְּנָֽה־אֶת־בִּתְּךָ֥ לִבְנִ֖י לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וַֽתַּעֲבֹ֞ר חַיַּ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן וַתִּרְמֹ֖ס אֶת־הַחֽוֹחַ׃

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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:425` of Mova's parse database.

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