--- title: 2 Kings 7:6 (JPS 1917) — For the Lord had made the host of the Arameans to hear a noise of ch… · tree and pragmatics description: For the Lord had made the host of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; and they said one to another: 'Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.' 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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 (Lord, host, Arameans, king), 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:204 # text = For the Lord had made the host of the Arameans to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host; and they said one to another: 'Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.' 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Arameans aramean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 chariots chariot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 one one PRON CD _ 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 another another PRON DT _ 35 nmod _ _ 38 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 40 Lo lo INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 hired hire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 48 against against ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Hittites hittite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 Egyptians egyptian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 65 upon upon ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 68 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · perfect | the Lord | the host of the Arameans | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the host of the Arameans *not said here* | a noise of chariots and a noise of horses and the noise of a great host | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Arameans *= aramean* | one | | | | to another | tree rules | | 4 | **hire** | present · perfect | the king of Israel | the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians | | | | against us | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme | | 5 | **come** | to-infinitive | the king of Israel *not said here* | | | | | upon us | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon we=Location | | 6 | **noise** | | chariots | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **noise** | | horses | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **noise** | | a great host | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=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} וַאדֹנָ֞י הִשְׁמִ֣יעַ ׀ אֶת־מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֗ם ק֥וֹל רֶ֙כֶב֙ ק֣וֹל ס֔וּס ק֖וֹל חַ֣יִל גָּד֑וֹל וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־אָחִ֗יו הִנֵּ֣ה שָֽׂכַר־עָלֵינוּ֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־מַלְכֵ֧י הַחִתִּ֛ים וְאֶת־מַלְכֵ֥י מִצְרַ֖יִם לָב֥וֹא עָלֵֽינוּ׃ [2 Kings 7:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:204` 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 7:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.203/) - next →: [2 Kings 7:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.205/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.6/)