--- title: 2 Kings 21:12 (JPS 1917) — therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring su… · tree and pragmatics description: therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 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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, I, ears, whosoever), 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:663 # text = therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: Behold, I bring such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 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 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 16 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 24 whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 25 heareth hear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 29 both both DET PDT _ 31 det:predet _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 tingle tingle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | 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 | **bring** | present | I | such evil | | | | upon Jerusalem and Judah | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent evil=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | present | LORD's ears *not said here* | | | | | of evil | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | | 4 | **ear** | | whosoever | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tingle** | shall | LORD's ears | | | | | | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הִנְנִי֙ מֵבִ֣יא רָעָ֔ה עַל־יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ כָּל־שֹׁ֣מְעָ֔הּ תִּצַּ֖לְנָה שְׁתֵּ֥י אָזְנָֽיו׃ [2 Kings 21:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:663` 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 21:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.662/) - next →: [2 Kings 21:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.664/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 21:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.21.12/)