--- title: 2 Kings 3:26 (JPS 1917) — And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him,… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not. 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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, battle, hundred men), 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:75 # text = And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom; but they could not. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 too too ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 sore sore ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 ccomp _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 compound _ _ 22 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 30 through through ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Edom Edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the king of Moab | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the battle | | | | | for king; sore *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | past | king | | hundred men | | | with Moab | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=Destination | | 4 | **draw** | past | hundred men | sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 5 | **break through** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | unto the king of Edom; through *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיַּרְא֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֔ב כִּֽי־חָזַ֥ק מִמֶּ֖נּוּ הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּקַּ֣ח א֠וֹתוֹ שְׁבַע־מֵא֨וֹת אִ֜ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חֶ֗רֶב לְהַבְקִ֛יעַ אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ אֱד֖וֹם וְלֹ֥א יָכֹֽלוּ׃ [2 Kings 3:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.3.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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