--- title: 2 Kings 7:9 (JPS 1917) — Then they said one to another: 'We do not well; this day is a day of… · tree and pragmatics description: Then they said one to another: 'We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.' 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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 (tents, day, we, punishment), 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:207 # text = Then they said one to another: 'We do not well; this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace; if we tarry till the morning light, punishment will overtake us; now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 another another PRON DT PronType=Ind 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 tarry tarry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 32 till till ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 37 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 overtake overtake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 40 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 43 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 's 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | tents *= tent* | one | another | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Topic to another=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | present | this day | a day | | | | of good tidings | tree rules | | 3 | **hold** | present | we | our peace | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 4 | **tarry** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | till the morning light | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **overtake** | future | punishment | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | now | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | us *not said here* | the king's household | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent household=Recipient | | 10 | **pacify** | | our | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=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} וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֜הוּ לֹֽא־כֵ֣ן ׀ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹשִׂ֗ים הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ יוֹם־בְּשֹׂרָ֣ה ה֔וּא וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ מַחְשִׁ֗ים וְחִכִּ֛ינוּ עַד־א֥וֹר הַבֹּ֖קֶר וּמְצָאָ֣נוּ עָו֑וֹן וְעַתָּה֙ לְכ֣וּ וְנָבֹ֔אָה וְנַגִּ֖ידָה בֵּ֥ית הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [2 Kings 7:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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