--- title: 2 Kings 16:10 (JPS 1917) — And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyr… · tree and pragmatics description: And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 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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 (king, altar), 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:497 # text = And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus; and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 Ahaz Ahaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 flat _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 Tiglath Tiglath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ _ 11 pileser pileser PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 Ahaz Ahaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ _ 28 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Urijah Urijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fashion fashion NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 pattern pattern NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 according according ADP VBG _ 49 case _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 45 fixed _ _ 47 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 49 det:predet _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 workmanship workmanship NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 50 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **go** | past | king | | | Damascus | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to damascus=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | Tiglath king of Assyria | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent | | 3 | **see** | past | king *not said here* | the altar | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer altar=Stimulus | | 4 | **is** | past | the altar | | | Damascus | | | tree rules | | 5 | **send** | past | king | the fashion of the altar and the pattern of altar according all workmanship | Urijah | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fashion=Theme to urijah=Destination | | 6 | **pattern** | | altar | | | | | according all workmanship | nom pattern «cognition intransitive»: of=agent according=obl | 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} וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אָחָ֡ז לִ֠קְרַאת תִּגְלַ֨ת פִּלְאֶ֤סֶר תִּגְלַ֨ת פִּלְאֶ֤סֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ דּוּמֶּ֔שֶׂק וַיַּ֥רְא אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּדַמָּ֑שֶׂק וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ אָחָ֜ז אֶל־אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֶת־דְּמ֧וּת הַמִּזְבֵּ֛חַ וְאֶת־תַּבְנִית֖וֹ לְכָֽל־מַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃ [2 Kings 16:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.16.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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