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title: 2 Kings 25:17 (JPS 1917) — The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of b… · tree and pragmatics
description: The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass; and like unto these had the second pillar with network. Who acts: height, capital. 2 Kings 2
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# 2 Kings 25:17 · JPS 1917

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The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass; and like unto these had the second pillar with network.

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**Who acts:** height, capital · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** eighteen cubits, three cubits, second pillar

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This is 2 Kings 25:17 · 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 (height, capital), 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:773
# text = The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of brass was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits; with network and pomegranates upon the capital round about, all of brass; and like unto these had the second pillar with network.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	cubits	cubit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	conj	_	_
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	height	height	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
27	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
28	cubits	cubit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	31	punct	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	pomegranates	pomegranate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	conj	_	_
34	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
37	round	round	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
38	about	about	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	36	appos	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
45	like	like	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	these	this	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	48	obl	_	_
48	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	51	amod	_	_
51	pillar	pillar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	network	network	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the height of the one pillar | eighteen cubits and three cubits |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | a capital of brass |  |  |  |  | upon brass | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | the height of the capital | three cubits |  |  |  | with network upon the capital and pomegranates | tree rules |
| 4 | **have** | past | the height of the one pillar *not said here* | the second pillar |  |  |  | like these; with network | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pillar=Patient |

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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}

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שְׁמֹנֶה֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה אַמָּ֜ה קוֹמַ֣ת ׀ הָעַמּ֣וּד הָאֶחָ֗ד וְכֹתֶ֨רֶת עָלָ֥יו ׀ נְחֹשֶׁת֮ וְקוֹמַ֣ת הַכֹּתֶרֶת֮ שָׁלֹ֣שׁ אַמּוֹת֒ וּשְׂבָכָ֨ה וְרִמֹּנִ֧ים עַֽל־הַכֹּתֶ֛רֶת סָבִ֖יב הַכֹּ֣ל נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וְכָאֵ֛לֶּה לַֽעַמּ֥וּד הַשֵּׁנִ֖י עַל־הַשְּׂבָכָֽה׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:773` of Mova's parse database.

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