--- title: 2 Kings 22:20 (JPS 1917) — Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.' And they brought back word unto the king. 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And they brought back word unto the king. **Who acts:** I, eyes · **What happens:** gather, see, bring, bring back · **To what, where:** thee, thou, peace, evil, word This is 2 Kings 22:20 · 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 (I, eyes), 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:697 # text = Therefore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.' And they brought back word unto the king. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 grave grave NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 28 cc _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 44 back back ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | future | I | thee | | | | to thy fathers; therefore *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient to father=Co-Patient | | 2 | **gather** | shall · passive | | thou | | peace | | thy grave *obl* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **see** | shall | thine eyes | all evil | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evil=Stimulus | | 4 | **bring** | future | I | all evil | | | | upon this place | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **bring back** | past | eyes *= eye* | word | | | | unto the king | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Theme | 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} לָכֵן֩ הִנְנִ֨י אֹֽסִפְךָ֜ עַל־אֲבֹתֶ֗יךָ וְנֶאֱסַפְתָּ֣ אֶל־קִבְרֹתֶיךָ֮ בְּשָׁלוֹם֒ וְלֹא־תִרְאֶ֣ינָה עֵינֶ֔יךָ בְּכֹל֙ הָֽרָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־אֲנִ֥י מֵבִ֖יא עַל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַיָּשִׁ֥יבוּ אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ דָּבָֽר׃ [2 Kings 22:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:697` 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 22:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.696/) - next →: [2 Kings 23:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.698/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 22:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.22.20/)