--- title: 2 Kings 25:8 (JPS 1917) — Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was t… · tree and pragmatics description: Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. 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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 (month, Nebuzaradan captain), 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:764 # text = Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem. 1 Now now ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 fifth fifth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 nineteenth nineteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:desc _ _ 22 Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 29 Nebuzaradan Nebuzaradan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Babylon Babylon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 28 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 | **is a** | past | the month | the nineteenth year | | | | of Nebuchadnezzar king | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the Nebuzaradan captain of the guard | | | | now; day; month | unto Jerusalem | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וּבַחֹ֤דֶשׁ הַֽחֲמִישִׁי֙ בְּשִׁבְעָ֣ה לַחֹ֔דֶשׁ הִ֗יא שְׁנַת֙ תְּשַֽׁע־עֶשְׂרֵ֣ה שָׁנָ֔ה לַמֶּ֖לֶךְ נְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֣ר מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֑ל בָּ֞א נְבוּזַרְאֲדָ֧ן רַב־טַבָּחִ֛ים עֶ֥בֶד מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ [2 Kings 25:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.25.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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