--- title: 2 Kings 1:2 (JPS 1917) — And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that… · tree and pragmatics description: And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said unto them: 'Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this sickness.' 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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 (Ahaziah, upper chamber, I), 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:1 # text = And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said unto them: 'Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this sickness.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Ahaziah Ahaziah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lattice lattice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 ccomp _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 38 zebub zebub NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Ekron Ekron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall down** | past | Ahaziah | | | the lattice | | in Ahaziah's upper chamber; down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through lattice=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | Ahaziah's upper chamber | | | Samaria | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Ahaziah *not said here* | | | | | sick *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | past | Ahaziah | messengers | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ahaziah *not said here* | | | | | unto messengers *= messenger* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **inquire** *speech: other* | infinitive | | Baal zebub | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent zebub=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **recover** | shall | I | | | | | of this sickness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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} וַיִּפֹּ֨ל אֲחַזְיָ֜ה בְּעַ֣ד הַשְּׂבָכָ֗ה בַּעֲלִיָּת֛וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן וַיָּ֑חַל וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאָכִ֔ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ לְכ֣וּ דִרְשׁ֗וּ בְּבַ֤עַל זְבוּב֙ בַ֤עַל זְבוּב֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֔וֹן אִם־אֶחְיֶ֖ה מֵחֳלִ֥י זֶֽה׃ס [2 Kings 1:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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