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title: 2 Kings 6:32 (JPS 1917) — But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the ki… · tree and pragmatics
description: But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him; but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders: 'See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast again
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# 2 Kings 6:32 · JPS 1917

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But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him; but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders: 'See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him; is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?'

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**Who acts:** Elisha, elders, king, messenger, ye, son · **What happens:** sit, send, come, say, see, take away · **To what, where:** house, man, king, head, door, sound · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Kings 6:32 · 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, elders, king, messenger), 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:196
# text = But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him; but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders: 'See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him; is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?'
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Elisha	Elisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	before	before	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
25	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
26	ere	ere	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	advcl	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	obl	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
35	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	elders	elder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	_
38	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
39	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	40	punct	_	_
40	See	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	ccomp	_	_
41	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	40	nsubj	_	_
42	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	49	advmod	_	_
43	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	det	_	_
44	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nsubj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	murderer	murderer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
48	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	ccomp	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	49	advcl	_	_
52	away	away	ADP	RP	_	51	compound:prt	_	_
53	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
55	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	40	punct	_	_
56	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	ccomp	_	_
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
58	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	61	mark	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	messenger	messenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
61	cometh	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	advcl	_	_
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
63	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	conj	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
67	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
68	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	conj	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	68	advmod	_	_
72	against	against	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	obl	_	_
74	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	78	punct	_	_
75	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	78	cop	_	_
76	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	78	advmod	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	parataxis	_	_
79	of	of	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
80	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	81	nmod:poss	_	_
81	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	nmod:poss	_	_
82	's	's	PART	POS	_	81	case	_	_
83	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	78	nmod	_	_
84	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	85	case	_	_
85	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	83	nmod	_	_
86	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	78	punct	_	_
87	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: other
- act: ask
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- indirect: yes
- teacher: changed form=other

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | Elisha |  |  | Elisha's house |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location |
| 2 | **sit** | past | the elders |  |  |  |  | with Elisha | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **send** | past | the king | a man |  |  |  | from Elisha | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent man=Theme from he=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **come** | past | the messenger |  | king |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king |  |  |  |  | to the elders | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to elder=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 6 | **see** | infinitive | ye |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **send** | present · perfect | this son of a murderer |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **take away** | to-infinitive | this son of a murderer *not said here* | my head |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme |
| 9 | **look** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 10 | **come** | present | the messenger |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 11 | **shut** | infinitive |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient |
| 12 | **hold** | infinitive |  | the door |  |  |  | against king; fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent door=Theme against he=Location |
| 13 | **not** **is a** | present |  | the sound |  |  |  | of king's master's feet behind king | tree rules |

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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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וֶאֱלִישָׁע֙ יֹשֵׁ֣ב בְּבֵית֔וֹ וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖ים יֹשְׁבִ֣ים אִתּ֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח אִ֜ישׁ מִלְּפָנָ֗יו בְּטֶ֣רֶם יָבֹא֩ הַמַּלְאָ֨ךְ אֵלָ֜יו וְה֣וּא ׀ אָמַ֣ר אֶל־הַזְּקֵנִ֗ים הַרְּאִיתֶם֙ כִּֽי־שָׁלַ֞ח בֶּן־הַֽמְרַצֵּ֤חַ הַזֶּה֙ לְהָסִ֣יר אֶת־רֹאשִׁ֔י רְא֣וּ ׀ כְּבֹ֣א הַמַּלְאָ֗ךְ סִגְר֤וּ הַדֶּ֙לֶת֙ וּלְחַצְתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ בַּדֶּ֔לֶת הֲל֗וֹא ק֛וֹל רַגְלֵ֥י אֲדֹנָ֖יו אַחֲרָֽיו׃

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