--- title: 2 Kings 18:14 (JPS 1917) — And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, s… · tree and pragmatics description: And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying: 'I have offended; return from me; that which thou puttest on me will I bear.' And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 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And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. **Who acts:** Hezekiah king, I, thou, king · **What happens:** send, say, offend, return, put, bear · **To what, where:** Lachish, hundred talents · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 18:14 · 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 (Hezekiah king, I, thou, 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:563 # text = And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying: 'I have offended; return from me; that which thou puttest on me will I bear.' And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Lachish Lachish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 offended offend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 22 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 26 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 puttest put VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 parataxis _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 appointed appoint VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 compound _ _ 49 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 talents talent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nummod _ _ 55 talents talent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: offer - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Hezekiah king of Judah | | Lachish | | | to the king of Assyria | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to king=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Hezekiah king of Judah *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **offend** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **return** | infinitive | | | | | | from me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from i=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **put** | present | thou | | | | | on me | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on i=Destination | | 6 | **bear** | future | I | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 7 | **appoint** | past | the king of Assyria | hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold | | | | unto Hezekiah king of Judah | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talent=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} וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֣ה אֶל־מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֩ ׀ לָכִ֨ישָׁה ׀ לֵאמֹ֤ר ׀ חָטָ֙אתִי֙ שׁ֣וּב מֵֽעָלַ֔י אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלַ֖י אֶשָּׂ֑א וַיָּ֨שֶׂם מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֜וּר עַל־חִזְקִיָּ֣ה מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֗ה שְׁלֹ֤שׁ מֵאוֹת֙ כִּכַּר־כֶּ֔סֶף וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים כִּכַּ֥ר זָהָֽב׃ [2 Kings 18:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.18.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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