--- title: 2 Kings 16:7 (JPS 1917) — So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying:… · tree and pragmatics description: So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying: 'I am thy servant and thy son; come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.' 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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 (Ahaz, I, king), 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:494 # text = So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying: 'I am thy servant and thy son; come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Aram, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who rise up against me.' 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Ahaz Ahaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 Tiglath Tiglath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ _ 8 pileser pileser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 flat _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 24 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 parataxis _ _ 25 up up ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Aram Aram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 out out ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 against against ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Ahaz | messengers | Tiglath king of Assyria | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to king=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Ahaz *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | I | thy servant and thy son | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **come up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **save** | infinitive | | me | | the hand of the king of Aram and the hand of the king of Israel | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **rise up** | present | the king of Israel | | | | | against me | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against i=Location | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח אָחָ֜ז מַלְאָכִ֗ים אֶל־תִּ֠גְלַת פְּלֶ֤סֶר תִּ֠גְלַת פְּלֶ֤סֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר עַבְדְּךָ֥ וּבִנְךָ֖ אָ֑נִי עֲלֵ֨ה וְהוֹשִׁעֵ֜נִי מִכַּ֣ף מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֗ם וּמִכַּף֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַקּוֹמִ֖ים עָלָֽי׃ [2 Kings 16:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.16.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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