--- title: 2 Kings 20:5 (JPS 1917) — 'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. 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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 (you, LORD, I, 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:635 # text = 'Return, and say to Hezekiah the prince of My people: Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will heal thee; on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Hezekiah Hezekiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 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 5 parataxis _ _ 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 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 parataxis _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 parataxis _ _ 35 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 behold behold INTJ UH _ 42 discourse _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 heal heal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 48 amod _ _ 48 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 49 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 50 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 52 up up ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 53 unto unto ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | Hezekiah | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to hezekiah=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | thy prayer | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer prayer=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | present · perfect | I | thy tears | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tear=Stimulus | | 6 | **heal** | future | I | thee | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 7 | **go up** | shall | thou | | | | day | unto the house of the LORD | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **pray** | | thy | | | | | | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} שׁ֣וּב וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֣הוּ נְגִיד־עַמִּ֗י כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵי֙ דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔יךָ שָׁמַ֙עְתִּי֙ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתֶ֔ךָ רָאִ֖יתִי אֶת־דִּמְעָתֶ֑ךָ הִנְנִי֙ רֹ֣פֶא לָ֔ךְ בַּיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י תַּעֲלֶ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Kings 20:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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