--- title: 2 Kings 7:16 (JPS 1917) — So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures o… · tree and pragmatics description: So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 2 Kings 7:16 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.217/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/7/) / [7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.16/) / JPS 2 # 2 Kings 7:16 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. **What happens:** sell, accord, measure, word · **To what, where:** measure, fine flour, barley, LORD This is 2 Kings 7:16 · 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: 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:217 # text = So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 flour flour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 shekel shekel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 shekel shekel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 case _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sell** | past · passive | | a measure of fine flour | | | | for a shekel; accord the word of the LORD | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for shekel=Asset | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **measure** | | | fine flour | | | | | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **measure** | | | barley | | | | for a shekel | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl | | 5 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיֵּצֵ֣א הָעָ֔ם וַיָּבֹ֕זּוּ אֵ֖ת מַחֲנֵ֣ה אֲרָ֑ם וַיְהִ֨י סְאָה־סֹ֜לֶת בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל וְסָאתַ֧יִם שְׂעֹרִ֛ים בְּשֶׁ֖קֶל כִּדְבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ [2 Kings 7:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.16/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Arameans.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.216/) 2. **So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:217` 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 7:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.216/) - next →: [2 Kings 7:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.218/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 7:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.16/)