--- title: 2 Kings 23:11 (JPS 1917) — And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the… · tree and pragmatics description: And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nethan-melech the officer, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 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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 (king, kings, chamber), 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:708 # text = And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nethan-melech the officer, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 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 , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 Nethan Nethan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 34 punct _ _ 34 melech melech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 officer officer NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 precincts precinct NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 acl:relcl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 chariots chariot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | past | king | the horses | | the entrance of the house of the LORD | | by the chamber of Nethan melech | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | | 2 | **give** | past · perfect | the kings of Judah | the horses | the sun | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Theme to sun=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | the chamber of Nethan melech | | | the precincts | | | tree rules | | 4 | **burn** | past | king | the chariots of the sun | | | | with fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent chariot=Patient with fire=Instrument | 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} וַיַּשְׁבֵּ֣ת אֶת־הַסּוּסִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתְנוּ֩ מַלְכֵ֨י יְהוּדָ֤ה לַשֶּׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ מִבֹּ֣א בֵית־יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־לִשְׁכַּת֙ נְתַנ־מֶ֣לֶךְנְתַנ־מֶ֣לֶךְ הַסָּרִ֔יס אֲשֶׁ֖ר בַּפַּרְוָרִ֑ים וְאֶת־מַרְכְּב֥וֹת הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ שָׂרַ֥ף בָּאֵֽשׁ׃ [2 Kings 23:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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