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title: 2 Kings 1:10 (JPS 1917) — And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty: 'If I be a man… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty: 'If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.' And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. Who acts: Elijah, I, fire. 2 Kings 1:10 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pra
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# 2 Kings 1:10 · JPS 1917

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And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty: 'If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.' And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.

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**Who acts:** Elijah, I, fire · **What happens:** answer, say, be, let, come down, consume · **To what, where:** man, fire, heaven, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Kings 1:10 · 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 (Elijah, I, fire), 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:11
# text = And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty: 'If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty.' And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Elijah	Elijah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fifty	fifty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
12	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	_
13	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	advcl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
22	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
23	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	xcomp	_	_
24	down	down	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
30	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	29	obj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	fifty	fifty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
35	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
36	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	there	there	PRON	EX	_	38	expl	_	_
38	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
39	down	down	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	_
40	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	_	_
41	from	from	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	consumed	consume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
46	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	obj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	fifty	fifty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	conj	_	_
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Elijah |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elijah *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the captain of fifty | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to captain=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | a man |  |  |  | of God | tree rules |
| 4 | **let** | infinitive |  | fire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **come down** | infinitive | fire *not said here* |  |  | heaven |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from heaven=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **consume** | infinitive | fire *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Asset |
| 7 | **come down** | past | fire |  |  | heaven; there |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from heaven=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **consume** | past | fire *not said here* | fire |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Asset |

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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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וַיַּעֲנֶ֣ה אֵלִיָּ֗הוּ וַיְדַבֵּר֮ אֶל־שַׂ֣ר הַחֲמִשִּׁים֒ וְאִם־אִ֤ישׁ אֱלֹהִים֙ אָ֔נִי תֵּ֤רֶד אֵשׁ֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְתֹאכַ֥ל אֹתְךָ֖ וְאֶת־חֲמִשֶּׁ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֤רֶד אֵשׁ֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַתֹּ֥אכַל אֹת֖וֹ וְאֶת־חֲמִשָּֽׁיו׃

[2 Kings 1:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.10/)

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