--- title: 2 Kings 19:32 (JPS 1917) — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He sha… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mound against it. 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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), 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:623 # text = Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mound against it. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 21 cc _ _ 21 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 22 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 arrow arrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 30 before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 36 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 against against ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | therefore, thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **concern** | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | the king of Assyria | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **come** | shall | LORD | | | | | unto this city | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **shoot** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | a arrow | | there | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme | | 5 | **come** | shall | LORD | | | arrow | | with shield | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before it=Location | | 6 | **cast** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | a mound | | arrow | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mound=Theme against it=Destination | 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} לָכֵ֗ן כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר לֹ֤א יָבֹא֙ אֶל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את וְלֹֽא־יוֹרֶ֥ה שָׁ֖ם חֵ֑ץ וְלֹֽא־יְקַדְּמֶ֣נָּה מָגֵ֔ן וְלֹֽא־יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ עָלֶ֖יהָ סֹלְלָֽה׃ [2 Kings 19:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.32/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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