--- title: 2 Kings 22:19 (JPS 1917) — because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before t… · tree and pragmatics description: because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become an astonishment and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me, I also have heard thee, saith the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.696/) [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/) / [22:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.19/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 22:19 · JPS 1917 because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become an astonishment and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me, I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. **Who acts:** heart, thou, I, inhabitants, LORD · **What happens:** be, humble, hear, speak, become, rend · **To what, where:** thyself, astonishment, clothes, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 22:19 · 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 (heart, thou, I, inhabitants), 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:696 # text = because thy heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become an astonishment and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before Me, I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. 1 because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 tender tender ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 advcl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 9 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 humble humble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 10 obj _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 18 heardest hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 19 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 obj _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 against against ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 24 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ _ 30 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 36 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 xcomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 hast have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 rent rend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 45 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 44 obj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 50 before before ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 also also ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 57 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 obj _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | thy heart | | | | | tender *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **humble** | past · do-support | thou | thyself | | | before the LORD | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thyself=Experiencer | | 3 | **hear** | past | thou | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | against this place and the inhabitants | tree rules | | 5 | **become** | should | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | a astonishment and a curse | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **rend** | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | thy clothes | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 7 | **weep** | past | thou *not said here* | | | | before Me | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **hear** | present · perfect | I | thee | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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} יַ֠עַן רַךְ־לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע ׀ מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה בְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֡ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבַּרְתִּי֩ עַל־הַמָּק֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה וְעַל־יֹשְׁבָ֗יו לִהְי֤וֹת לְשַׁמָּה֙ וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה וַתִּקְרַע֙ אֶת־בְּגָדֶ֔יךָ וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה לְפָנָ֑י וְגַ֧ם אָנֹכִ֛י שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Kings 22:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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