--- title: 2 Kings 7:10 (JPS 1917) — So they came and called unto the porters of the city; and they told… · tree and pragmatics description: So they came and called unto the porters of the city; and they told them, saying. 'We came to the camp of the Arameans, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.' 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'We came to the camp of the Arameans, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.' **Who acts:** tents, We, man · **What happens:** come, call, tell, say, be, tie · **To what, where:** porters, camp, horses, asses, tents · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 7:10 · 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 (tents, We, man), 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:208 # text = So they came and called unto the porters of the city; and they told them, saying. 'We came to the camp of the Arameans, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.' 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 porters porter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 21 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Arameans Aramean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 behold behold INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 neither neither CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 48 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 acl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 53 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 acl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 58 as as SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 59 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 acl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | tents *= tent* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **call** | past | tents *= tent* *not said here* | | | | | unto the porters of the city | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | tents *= tent* | | porters *= porter* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | tents *= tent* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | We | | | the camp of the Arameans | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to camp=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **be** | past | no man neither voice of man but the horses and the asses and the tents | | | there; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tie** | participle | | the horses and the asses and the tents *not said here* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **tie** | participle | | the asses *not said here* | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **be** | past | tents *= tent* | the tents *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot tent=Theme | 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} וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ וַֽיִּקְרְאוּ֮ אֶל־שֹׁעֵ֣ר הָעִיר֒ וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ לָהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בָּ֚אנוּ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֔ם וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵֽין־שָׁ֛ם אִ֖ישׁ וְק֣וֹל אָדָ֑ם כִּ֣י אִם־הַסּ֤וּס אָסוּר֙ וְהַחֲמ֣וֹר אָס֔וּר וְאֹהָלִ֖ים כַּאֲשֶׁר־הֵֽמָּה׃ [2 Kings 7:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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