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And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. **Who acts:** city, Elisha, chariots, LORD · **What happens:** come, pass, say, open, see, be · **To what, where:** chariots, Samaria, eyes, midst · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 6:20 · 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 (city, Elisha, chariots, LORD), 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:183 # text = And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said: 'LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see.' And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 vocative _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 open open VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 det _ _ 26 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 34 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 behold behold INTJ UH _ 53 discourse _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 49 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 50 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | city | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | city *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past · passive | | chariots *= chariot* | | Samaria | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elisha | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **open** | infinitive | | the eyes of this men | | | | LORD *vocative* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 6 | **see** | may | chariots *= chariot* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **open** | past | the LORD | chariots's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 8 | **see** | past | chariots *= chariot* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | past | chariots *= chariot* | | | the midst | | of Samaria | 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} וַיְהִי֮ כְּבֹאָ֣ם שֹׁמְרוֹן֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֔ע יְהוָ֕ה פְּקַ֥ח אֶת־עֵינֵֽי־אֵ֖לֶּה וְיִרְא֑וּ וַיִּפְקַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ אֶת־עֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּרְא֕וּ וְהִנֵּ֖ה בְּת֥וֹךְ שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ [2 Kings 6:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:183` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Kings 6:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.182/) - next →: [2 Kings 6:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.184/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.20/)