--- title: 2 Kings 22:9 (JPS 1917) — And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought back word unto… · tree and pragmatics description: And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought back word unto the king, and said: 'Thy servants have poured out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of 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 (Shaphan, servants, workmen), 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:686 # text = And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought back word unto the king, and said: 'Thy servants have poured out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the LORD.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Shaphan Shaphan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scribe scribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 22 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 poured pour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 workmen workman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 oversight oversight NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 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 | **come** | past | Shaphan | | | | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **bring back** | past | Shaphan *not said here* | word | | | | unto the king | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Shaphan *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **pour out** | present · perfect | Thy servants | the money | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | | 5 | **find** | past · passive | | the money | | the house | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **deliver** | present · perfect | Thy servants *not said here* | money | | the hand of the workmen | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 7 | **have** | present | the workmen | the oversight of the house of the LORD | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oversight=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} וַיָּבֹ֞א שָׁפָ֤ן הַסֹּפֵר֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיָּ֥שֶׁב אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דָּבָ֑ר וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִתִּ֤יכוּ עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־הַכֶּ֙סֶף֙ הַנִּמְצָ֣א בַבַּ֔יִת וַֽיִּתְּנֻ֗הוּ עַל־יַד֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה הַמֻּפְקָדִ֖ים בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Kings 22:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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