--- title: 2 Kings 23:29 (JPS 1917) — In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of… · tree and pragmatics description: In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 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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 (Pharaoh king, king Josiah, LORD), 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:726 # text = In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 4 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 6 necoh necoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 up up ADV RP _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 against against ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 20 Euphrates Euphrates PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 Josiah Josiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 26 against against ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 slew slay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Megiddo Megiddo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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 | **go up** | past | Pharaoh king of Egypt | | | | day | against the king of Assyria; to the river | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **go** | past | king Josiah | | | | | against LORD | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against he=Location | | 3 | **slay** | past | LORD | Josiah | | Megiddo | | | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **see** | past · perfect | LORD | Josiah | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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} בְּיָמָ֡יו עָלָה֩ פַרְעֹ֨ה נְכֹ֧ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֛יִם עַל־מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּׁ֖וּר עַל־נְהַר־פְּרָ֑ת וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּ֙הוּ֙ לִקְרָאת֔וֹ וַיְמִיתֵ֙הוּ֙ בִּמְגִדּ֔וֹ כִּרְאֹת֖וֹ אֹתֽוֹ׃ [2 Kings 23:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:726` 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 23:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.725/) - next →: [2 Kings 23:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.727/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 23:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.23.29/)