--- title: 2 Kings 15:12 (JPS 1917) — This was the word of the LORD which He spoke unto Jehu, saying: 'Thy… · tree and pragmatics description: This was the word of the LORD which He spoke unto Jehu, saying: 'Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.' And so it came to pass. 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And so it came to pass. **Who acts:** This, rest, sons, throne · **What happens:** be, speak, say, sit, come, pass · **To what, where:** word, throne · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 15:12 · 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 (This, rest, sons, throne), 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:459 # text = This was the word of the LORD which He spoke unto Jehu, saying: 'Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel.' And so it came to pass. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Jehu Jehu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 advcl _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 17 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 fourth fourth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 22 amod _ _ 22 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 25 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ 32 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | This | the word | | | | of the LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | rest | the word | | | | unto Jehu | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | rest *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **sit** | shall | Thy sons | | | the throne of Israel | to the fourth generation | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon throne=Location | | 5 | **come** | past | throne | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **pass** | to-infinitive | throne *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} ה֣וּא דְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֤ר אֶל־יֵהוּא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בְּנֵ֣י רְבִיעִ֔ים יֵשְׁב֥וּ לְךָ֖ עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃פ [2 Kings 15:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:459` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Kings 15:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.458/) - next →: [2 Kings 15:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.460/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 15:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.12/)