--- title: 2 Kings 19:4 (JPS 1917) — It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, wh… · tree and pragmatics description: It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.' 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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 (LORD, 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:594 # text = It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.' 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Rab Rab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 16 shakeh shakeh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 18 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 25 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 taunt taunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 rebuke rebuke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 appos _ _ 43 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 wherefore wherefore ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 48 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | future | the LORD | all words of Rab | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 2 | **send** | present · perfect | the king of Assyria | Rab | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 3 | **taunt** | to-infinitive | the king of Assyria *not said here* | the living God | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Patient | | 4 | **rebuke** | future | the LORD *not said here* | the words | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | present · perfect | the LORD | the words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | | prayer | | | | for the remnant; wherefore *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent prayer=Product for remnant=Asset | | 7 | **leave** | present · passive | | the remnant | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **word** | | | Rab | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} אוּלַ֡י יִשְׁמַע֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת ׀ כָּל־דִּבְרֵ֣י רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ שְׁלָח֨וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֤וּר ׀ אֲדֹנָיו֙ לְחָרֵף֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַ֔י וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖ע יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ תְפִלָּ֔ה בְּעַ֥ד הַשְּׁאֵרִ֖ית הַנִּמְצָאָֽה׃ [2 Kings 19:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:594` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Kings 19:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.593/) - next →: [2 Kings 19:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.595/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.4/)