--- title: 2 Kings 19:15 (JPS 1917) — And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: 'O LORD, the God of I… · tree and pragmatics description: And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, that sittest upon the cherubim, Thou art the God, even Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; Thou hast made heaven and earth. 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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 (Hezekiah, LORD, Thou), 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:605 # text = And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: 'O LORD, the God of Israel, that sittest upon the cherubim, Thou art the God, even Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; Thou hast made heaven and earth. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 12 O o INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 vocative _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sittest sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 cherubim cherubim NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 27 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 parataxis _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 appos _ _ 33 alone alone ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 43 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 44 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 46 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | Hezekiah | | | | before the LORD | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hezekiah *not said here* | | | | | LORD *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sit** | present | LORD | | | the cherubim | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon cherubim=Location | | 4 | **is a** | present | | the God | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | present · perfect | Thou | heaven and earth | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heaven=Product | 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} וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל חִזְקִיָּ֜הוּ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָה֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ יְהוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב הַכְּרֻבִ֔ים אַתָּה־ה֤וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ לְבַדְּךָ֔ לְכֹ֖ל מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאָ֑רֶץ אַתָּ֣ה עָשִׂ֔יתָ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [2 Kings 19:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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