--- title: 2 Kings 22:8 (JPS 1917) — And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe: 'I have fo… · tree and pragmatics description: And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe: 'I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. Who acts: Hilkiah, I. 2 Kings 22:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.685/) [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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/22/) / [22:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.8/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 22:8 · JPS 1917 And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe: 'I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. **Who acts:** Hilkiah, I · **What happens:** say, find, deliver, read · **To what, where:** book, house, Shaphan · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 22:8 · JPS 1917 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 (Hilkiah, I), 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:685 # text = And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe: 'I have found the book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 Hilkiah Hilkiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Shaphan Shaphan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Law Law PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 Hilkiah Hilkiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Shaphan Shaphan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 read read VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hilkiah | | | | | unto Shaphan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** | present · perfect | I | the book of the Law | | the house of the LORD | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | | 3 | **deliver** | past | Hilkiah | the book | Shaphan | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent book=Theme to shaphan=Destination | | 4 | **read** | past | Hilkiah | book | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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} וַ֠יֹּאמֶר חִלְקִיָּ֜הוּ הַכֹּהֵ֤ן הַגָּדוֹל֙ עַל־שָׁפָ֣ן הַסֹּפֵ֔ר סֵ֧פֶר הַתּוֹרָ֛ה מָצָ֖אתִי בְּבֵ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה וַיִּתֵּ֨ן חִלְקִיָּ֧ה אֶת־הַסֵּ֛פֶר אֶל־שָׁפָ֖ן וַיִּקְרָאֵֽהוּ׃ [2 Kings 22:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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