--- title: 2 Kings 15:19 (JPS 1917) — There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gav… · tree and pragmatics description: There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 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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 (Pul, Menahem, hand), 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:466 # text = There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 against against ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 Pul Pul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 Menahem Menahem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 Pul pul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 iobj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 talents talent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 confirm confirm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Pul | | | the land; there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against land=Location | | 2 | **give** | past | Menahem | thousand talents of silver | Pul | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent pul=Recipient talent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | might | Menahem's hand | | | | | with Pul | tree rules | | 4 | **confirm** | to-infinitive | Menahem *not said here* | the kingdom | | Menahem's hand | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot kingdom=Topic | 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} בָּ֣א פ֤וּל מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיִּתֵּ֤ן מְנַחֵם֙ לְפ֔וּל אֶ֖לֶף כִּכַּר־כָּ֑סֶף לִהְי֤וֹת יָדָיו֙ אִתּ֔וֹ לְהַחֲזִ֥יק הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ [2 Kings 15:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.15.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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