--- title: 2 Kings 19:37 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch h… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Who acts: angel, Sennacherib, Adrammelech. 2 Kings 19:37 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of ev --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.628/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/19/) / [19:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.37/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 19:37 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. **Who acts:** angel, Sennacherib, Adrammelech · **What happens:** come, pass, worship, smite, escape · **To what, where:** house, Sennacherib, land This is 2 Kings 19:37 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (angel, Sennacherib, Adrammelech), 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:628 # text = And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 worshipping worship VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Nisroch Nisroch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 Adrammelech Adrammelech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 Sarezer Sarezer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 appos _ _ 25 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 escaped escape VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Ararat Ararat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 . . 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 | **come** | past | angel | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | angel *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **worship** | past · progressive | Sennacherib | | | the house of Nisroch | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **smite** | past | Adrammelech and Sarezer | Sennacherib | | | | with the sword | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 5 | **escape** | past | Adrammelech | | | the land of Ararat | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיְהִי֩ ה֨וּא מִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֜ה בֵּ֣ית ׀ נִסְרֹ֣ךְ אֱלֹהָ֗יו וְֽאַדְרַמֶּ֨לֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶ֤צֶר בָּנָיו֙הִכֻּ֣הוּ בַחֶ֔רֶב וְהֵ֥מָּה נִמְלְט֖וּ אֶ֣רֶץ אֲרָרָ֑ט וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ אֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ןאֵֽסַר־חַדֹּ֥ן בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃פ [2 Kings 19:37: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.37/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat.** 2. [And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.629/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:628` 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 19:36 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.627/) - next →: [2 Kings 19:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.629/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 19:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.19.37/)