--- title: 2 Kings 8:1 (JPS 1917) — Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to l… · tree and pragmatics description: Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: 'Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.' 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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 (Elisha, thou, LORD, famine), 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:222 # text = Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying: 'Arise, and go thou and thy household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn; for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 sojourn sojourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 wheresoever wheresoever ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 33 canst can AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 sojourn sojourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 39 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 famine famine NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 48 also also ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 50 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 54 nummod _ _ 54 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl:unmarked _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | Elisha | | | | now | unto the woman | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **restore** | past · perfect | Elisha | son | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Theme to life=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Elisha *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **arise** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **sojourn** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sojourn** | can | thou | | | | | wheresoever *property* | vn weekend-56 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **call** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | for a famine | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for famine=Recipient | | 9 | **come** | shall | famine | | | the land | year | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon land=Location | 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} וֶאֱלִישָׁ֡ע דִּבֶּ֣ר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה֩ אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱיָ֨ה אֶת־בְּנָ֜הּ לֵאמֹ֗ר ק֤וּמִי וּלְכִי֙ אַ֣תְּ וּבֵיתֵ֔ךְ וְג֖וּרִי בַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר תָּג֑וּרִי כִּֽי־קָרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ לָֽרָעָ֔ב וְגַם־בָּ֥א אֶל־הָאָ֖רֶץ שֶׁ֥בַע שָׁנִֽים׃ [2 Kings 8:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:222` 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 7:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.221/) - next →: [2 Kings 8:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.223/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 8:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.1/)