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title: 2 Kings 7:4 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; i… · tree and pragmatics
description: Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.' Who acts: you, us, Arameans, we. 2 Kings 7:4 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 2 Kings 7:4 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2

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Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.'

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**Who acts:** you, us, Arameans, we · **What happens:** come, let, fall, save, live, kill · **To what, where:** us

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This is 2 Kings 7:4 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (you, us, Arameans, we), 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:202
# text = Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.'
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Arameans	Aramean	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
16	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	save	save	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	advcl	_	_
19	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
22	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
23	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
27	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
28	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	kill	kill	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	advcl	_	_
30	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	obj	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
32	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	35	nsubj	_	_
33	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
34	but	but	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
37	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | now | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto the host of the Arameans | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **save** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Arameans *= aramean* | us |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |
| 5 | **live** | shall | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **kill** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Arameans *= aramean* | us |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme |
| 7 | **die** | shall | we |  |  |  |  | but *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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אִם־אָמַרְנוּ֩ נָב֨וֹא הָעִ֜יר וְהָרָעָ֤ב בָּעִיר֙ וָמַ֣תְנוּ שָׁ֔ם וְאִם־יָשַׁ֥בְנוּ פֹ֖ה וָמָ֑תְנוּ וְעַתָּ֗ה לְכוּ֙ וְנִפְּלָה֙ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֔ם אִם־יְחַיֻּ֣נוּ נִֽחְיֶ֔ה וְאִם־יְמִיתֻ֖נוּ וָמָֽתְנוּ׃

[2 Kings 7:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.4/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. [If we say: We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.201/)
2. **Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Arameans; if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.'**

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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:202` of Mova's parse database.

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