--- title: 2 Kings 6:17 (JPS 1917) — And Elisha prayed, and said: 'LORD, I pray Thee, open his eyes, that… · tree and pragmatics description: And Elisha prayed, and said: 'LORD, I pray Thee, open his eyes, that he may see.' And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 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And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. **Who acts:** Elisha, I, LORD, mountain · **What happens:** pray, say, open, see, be · **To what, where:** Thee, eyes · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 6:17 · 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 (Elisha, I, LORD, mountain), 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:180 # text = And Elisha prayed, and said: 'LORD, I pray Thee, open his eyes, that he may see.' And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw; and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 vocative _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 13 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 23 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 behold behold INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 47 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 chariots chariot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 54 round round ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 55 about about ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | past | Elisha | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elisha *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | Thee | | | | LORD *vocative* | tree rules | | 4 | **open** | infinitive | I *not said here* | Elisha's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 5 | **see** | may | Elisha | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **open** | past | the LORD | the eyes of the young man | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 7 | **see** | past | lord | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is** | past | the mountain | | | | | of horses of fire and chariots; full, round *property* | tree rules | 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} וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל אֱלִישָׁע֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר יְהוָ֕ה פְּקַח־נָ֥א אֶת־עֵינָ֖יו וְיִרְאֶ֑ה וַיִּפְקַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עֵינֵ֣י הַנַּ֔עַר וַיַּ֗רְא וְהִנֵּ֨ה הָהָ֜ר מָלֵ֨א סוּסִ֥ים וְרֶ֛כֶב אֵ֖שׁ סְבִיבֹ֥ת אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ [2 Kings 6:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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