--- title: 2 Kings 7:19 (JPS 1917) — and that captain answered the man of God, and said: 'Now, behold, if… · tree and pragmatics description: and that captain answered the man of God, and said: 'Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?' and he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof'; Who acts: captain, LORD, man, thou. 2 Kings 7:19 in JPS 1917 with its dependency t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.220/) [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/) / [7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.19/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 7:19 · JPS 1917 and that captain answered the man of God, and said: 'Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?' and he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof'; **Who acts:** captain, LORD, man, thou · **What happens:** answer, be, make, say, see, not eat · **To what, where:** man, windows, heaven, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 7:19 · 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 (captain, LORD, man, thou), 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:220 # text = and that captain answered the man of God, and said: 'Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?' and he said: 'Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof'; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 14 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 behold behold INTJ UH _ 22 discourse _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 23 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 28 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 30 det:predet _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 32 ? ? PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 31 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 37 : : PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 43 punct _ _ 39 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 ccomp _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 53 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 punct _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | that captain | | the man of God | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent man=Eventuality | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | that captain *not said here* | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | should | the LORD | windows | | heaven | now | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Product | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** | shall | thou | thing | | | | with thine eyes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **eat** | shall | thou *not said here* | | | | | thereof *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיַּ֨עַן הַשָּׁלִ֜ישׁ אֶת־אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ וְהִנֵּ֣ה יְהוָ֗ה עֹשֶׂ֤ה אֲרֻבּוֹת֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֔יִם הֲיִהְיֶ֖ה כַּדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנְּךָ֤ רֹאֶה֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ וּמִשָּׁ֖ם לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽל׃ [2 Kings 7:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:220` 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 7:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.219/) - next →: [2 Kings 7:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.221/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 7:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.7.19/)