--- title: 2 Kings 1:3 (JPS 1917) — But an angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite: 'Arise, go up… · tree and pragmatics description: But an angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite: 'Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? 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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 (angel, ye), 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:2 # text = But an angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite: 'Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Tishbite Tishbite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 17 up up ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 because because SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 37 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ _ 51 zebub zebub NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Ekron Ekron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a angel of the LORD | | Elijah | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to elijah=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **arise** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **meet** | to-infinitive | | the messengers of the king of Samaria | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Co-Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | unto messengers *= messenger* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** | present | angel | | | | | be *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | present | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | the god of Ekron | | | of Baal zebub | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent god=Recipient | 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} וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה דִּבֶּר֙ אֶל־אֵלִיָּ֣ה הַתִּשְׁבִּ֔י ק֣וּם עֲלֵ֔ה לִקְרַ֖את מַלְאֲכֵ֣י מֶֽלֶךְ־שֹׁמְר֑וֹן וְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתֶּם֙ הֹֽלְכִ֔ים לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב בַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֥י עֶקְרֽוֹן׃ [2 Kings 1:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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