--- title: 2 Kings 19:20 (JPS 1917) — Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: 'Thus saith th… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Whereas thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee. 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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 (Isaiah, LORD, thou, I), 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:610 # text = Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying: 'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Whereas thou hast prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard thee. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 Isaiah Isaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Amoz Amoz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Thus thus ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 24 Whereas whereas SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 prayed pray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 Sennacherib Sennacherib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 ccomp _ _ 39 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Isaiah | | Hezekiah | | then | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to hezekiah=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Isaiah *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **pray** | present · perfect | thou | | Me | | | against Sennacherib king of Assyria | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 5 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ יְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּ בֶן־אָמ֔וֹץ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִתְפַּלַּ֧לְתָּ אֵלַ֛י אֶל־סַנְחֵרִ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֖וּר שָׁמָֽעְתִּי׃ [2 Kings 19:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:610` 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 19:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.609/) - next →: [2 Kings 19:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.611/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 19:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.20/)