--- title: 2 Kings 17:4 (JPS 1917) — And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. 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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), 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:511 # text = And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 conspiracy conspiracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Hoshea Hoshea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 15 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 So so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 36 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 40 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 bound bound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 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 | **find** | past | the king of Assyria | conspiracy | | Hoshea | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conspiracy=Topic | | 2 | **send** | past · perfect | king | messengers | king of Egypt | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to king=Destination | | 3 | **offer** | past | king *not said here* | no present | the king of Assyria | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent present=Theme to king=Goal | | 4 | **do** | past · perfect | king | | | | year | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shut up** | past | the king of Assyria | Hoshea | | | | therefore *property* | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 6 | **bound** | past | the king of Assyria *not said here* | Hoshea | | prison | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location he=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} וַיִּמְצָא֩ מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֨וּר בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַ קֶ֗שֶׁר אֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכִים֙ אֶל־ס֣וֹא מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם וְלֹא־הֶעֱלָ֥ה מִנְחָ֛ה לְמֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר כְּשָׁנָ֣ה בְשָׁנָ֑ה וַֽיַּעַצְרֵ֙הוּ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בֵּ֥ית כֶּֽלֶא׃ [2 Kings 17:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.17.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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