--- title: 2 Kings 6:23 (JPS 1917) — And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten an… · tree and pragmatics description: And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. 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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, 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:186 # text = And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went 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 prepared prepare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 provision provision NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 drunk drunk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | past | Elisha | great provision | | | | for chariots *= chariot* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent provision=Product for they=Beneficiary | | 2 | **eat** | past · perfect | chariots *= chariot* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **drunk** | participle | chariots *= chariot* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send away** | past | Elisha | chariots *= chariot* | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | chariots *= chariot* | | | chariots's master | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to master=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיִּכְרֶ֨ה לָהֶ֜ם כֵּרָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֗ה וַיֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ וַיִּשְׁתּ֔וּ וַֽיְשַׁלְּחֵ֔ם וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ אֶל־אֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֑ם וְלֹֽא־יָ֤סְפוּ עוֹד֙ גְּדוּדֵ֣י אֲרָ֔ם לָב֖וֹא בְּאֶ֥רֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ [2 Kings 6:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.23/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And he prepared great provision for them; and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master.** 2. [And the bands of Aram came no more into the land of Israel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.187/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:186` 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 6:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.185/) - next →: [2 Kings 6:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.187/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 6:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.6.23/)