--- title: 2 Kings 4:43 (JPS 1917) — And his servant said: 'How should I set this before a hundred men?'… · tree and pragmatics description: And his servant said: 'How should I set this before a hundred men?' But he said: 'Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.' 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But he said: 'Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.' **Who acts:** servant, I, man, people, LORD · **What happens:** say, set, give, eat, leave · **To what, where:** this, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 4:43 · 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 (servant, I, man, people), 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:128 # text = And his servant said: 'How should I set this before a hundred men?' But he said: 'Give the people, that they may eat; for thus saith the LORD: They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 7 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 11 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obj _ _ 12 before before ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 18 But but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 iobj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 thus thus ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 45 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man's servant | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **set** | should | I | this | | | before hundred men | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent this=Theme before man=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | | | the people | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 5 | **eat** | may | people | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **eat** | shall | people | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **leave** | shall | people *not said here* | | | | | thereof *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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} וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מְשָׁ֣רְת֔וֹ מָ֚ה אֶתֵּ֣ן זֶ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י מֵ֣אָה אִ֑ישׁ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר תֵּ֤ן לָעָם֙ וְיֹאכֵ֔לוּ כִּ֣י כֹ֥ה אָמַ֛ר יְהוָ֖ה אָכֹ֥ל וְהוֹתֵֽר׃ [2 Kings 4:43: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.43/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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