--- title: 2 Kings 7:18 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, sayin… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying: 'Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria'; Who acts: charge, man, Two measures. 2 Kings 7:18 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.219/) [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/) / [7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.18/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 7:18 · JPS 1917 And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying: 'Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria'; **Who acts:** charge, man, Two measures · **What happens:** come, pass, speak, say, be, measure · **To what, where:** gate, barley, fine flour · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 7:18 · 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 (charge, man, Two measures), 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:219 # text = And it came to pass, as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying: 'Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria'; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 21 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 measures measure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 shekel shekel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 measure measure NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 flour flour NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 shekel shekel NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ _ 43 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 44 about about ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Samaria Samaria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 52 ' 's PART POS _ 51 case _ _ 53 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | charge | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | charge *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the man of God | | | | | to the king | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the man of God *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | shall | Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel | | | the gate of Samaria | time | to morrow | tree rules | | 6 | **measure** | | | barley | | | | for a shekel | nom measure «act transitive»: of=patient for=obl | | 7 | **measure** | | | fine flour for a shekel | | | | | nom measure «act 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} וַיְהִ֗י כְּדַבֵּר֙ אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֑ר סָאתַ֨יִם שְׂעֹרִ֜ים בְּשֶׁ֗קֶל וּֽסְאָה־סֹ֙לֶת֙ בְּשֶׁ֔קֶל יִהְיֶה֙ כָּעֵ֣ת מָחָ֔ר בְּשַׁ֖עַר שֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃ [2 Kings 7:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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