--- title: 2 Kings 7:2 (JPS 1917) — Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of G… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.' 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And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.' **Who acts:** king, captain, LORD, thou · **What happens:** lean, answer, say, make, see, not eat · **To what, where:** hand, man, windows, heaven, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 7:2 · 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 (king, captain, LORD, thou), 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:199 # text = Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said: 'Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might this thing be?' And he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 leaned lean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 20 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 34 discourse _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 27 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 31 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 40 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 42 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 46 discourse _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 45 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 56 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lean** | past | the king | | | hand | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on hand=Location | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the captain | | the man of God | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the captain *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | the LORD | windows | | heaven | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Product | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** | shall | thou | thing | | | | with thine eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **eat** | shall | thou *not said here* | | | | | thereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} וַיַּ֣עַן הַשָּׁלִ֡ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לַמֶּלֶךְ֩ נִשְׁעָ֨ן עַל־יָד֜וֹ אֶת־אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ הִנֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה עֹשֶׂ֤ה אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנְּכָ֤ה רֹאֶה֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ וּמִשָּׁ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽל׃ס [2 Kings 7:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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