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title: 2 Kings 6:22 (JPS 1917) — And he answered: 'Thou shalt not smite them; hast thou taken captive… · tree and pragmatics
description: And he answered: 'Thou shalt not smite them; hast thou taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow those whom thou wouldest smite? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.' Who acts: Elisha, Thou, chariots. 2 Kings 6:22 in JPS 1917 with its dependency t
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# 2 Kings 6:22 · JPS 1917

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And he answered: 'Thou shalt not smite them; hast thou taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow those whom thou wouldest smite? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.'

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**Who acts:** Elisha, Thou, chariots · **What happens:** answer, not smite, take, smite, set, eat · **To what, where:** chariots, those, bread, master · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Kings 6:22 · 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, Thou, chariots), 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:185
# text = And he answered: 'Thou shalt not smite them; hast thou taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow those whom thou wouldest smite? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	_
6	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nsubj	_	_
7	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
12	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	14	nsubj	_	_
14	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	parataxis	_	_
15	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
23	those	those	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	14	obj	_	_
24	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	27	obj	_	_
25	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	nsubj	_	_
26	wouldest	would	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	smite	smite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	acl:relcl	_	_
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
29	set	set	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
30	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
33	before	before	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
37	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	advcl	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
41	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
45	to	to	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
49	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- indirect: yes
- teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Elisha |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **smite** | shall | Thou | chariots *= chariot* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
| 3 | **take** | present · perfect | thou | those |  |  |  | with thy sword; captive *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent those=Theme |
| 4 | **smite** | would | thou |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus whom=Experiencer |
| 5 | **set** | infinitive |  | bread and water |  |  | before chariots *= chariot* |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bread=Theme before they=Destination |
| 6 | **eat** | may | chariots *= chariot* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **drink** | infinitive | chariots *= chariot* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **go** | infinitive | chariots *= chariot* *not said here* |  |  | chariots's master |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to master=Initial\_Location |

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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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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ לֹ֣א תַכֶּ֔ה הַאֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁבִ֛יתָ בְּחַרְבְּךָ֥ וּֽבְקַשְׁתְּךָ֖ אַתָּ֣ה מַכֶּ֑ה שִׂים֩ לֶ֨חֶם וָמַ֜יִם לִפְנֵיהֶ֗ם וְיֹֽאכְלוּ֙ וְיִשְׁתּ֔וּ וְיֵלְכ֖וּ אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיהֶֽם׃

[2 Kings 6:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.22/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:185` of Mova's parse database.

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