--- title: 2 Kings 19:21 (JPS 1917) — This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgi… · tree and pragmatics description: This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at 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 (This, LORD, virgin daughter, daughter), 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:611 # text = This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 acl:relcl _ _ 10 concerning concerning ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 13 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 virgin virgin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 22 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 25 scorn scorn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 shaken shake VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | This | the word | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | the LORD | the word | | | | concerning God | tree rules | | 3 | **despise** | present · perfect | the virgin daughter of Zion | thee | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 4 | **laugh** | past | the virgin daughter of Zion *not said here* | thee | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 5 | **scorn** | infinitive | the virgin daughter of Zion *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **shake** | present · perfect | the daughter of Jerusalem | daughter's head | | thee | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent head=Theme at thou=Trajectory | 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} זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה עָלָ֑יו בָּזָ֨ה לְךָ֜ לָעֲגָ֣ה לְךָ֗ בְּתוּלַת֙ בַּת־צִיּ֔וֹן אַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙ רֹ֣אשׁ הֵנִ֔יעָה בַּ֖ת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [2 Kings 19:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:611` 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 19:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.610/) - next →: [2 Kings 19:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.612/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 19:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.21/)