--- title: 2 Kings 21:8 (JPS 1917) — neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of th… · tree and pragmatics description: neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.' 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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 (I, feet, servant), 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:659 # text = neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them.' 1 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 4 cc _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 wander wander VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 11 any any ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 13 out out ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 observe observe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 case _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 30 fixed _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 obl _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 40 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 case _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 45 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 46 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 48 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 49 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | future | I | the feet of Israel | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wander** | to-infinitive | the feet of Israel *not said here* | | | the land | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out land=Trajectory | | 3 | **give** | past | I | the land | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent which=Recipient father=Theme | | 4 | **observe** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | feet *= foot* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | feet *= foot* *not said here* | | | | | accord all | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **command** | present · perfect | I | feet *= foot* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **command** | past | My servant | all law | | | | | tree rules | 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} וְלֹ֣א אֹסִ֗יף לְהָנִיד֙ רֶ֣גֶל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לַֽאֲבוֹתָ֑ם רַ֣ק ׀ אִם־יִשְׁמְר֣וּ לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת כְּכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֔ים וּלְכָל־הַ֨תּוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה אֹתָ֖ם עַבְדִּ֥י מֹשֶֽׁה׃ [2 Kings 21:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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