--- title: 2 Kings 2:2 (JPS 1917) — And Elijah said unto Elisha: 'Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD… · tree and pragmatics description: And Elijah said unto Elisha: 'Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me as far as Beth-el.' And Elisha said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' 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So they went down to Beth-el. — **Who acts:** Elijah, I, LORD, Elisha, soul, they · **What happens:** say, tarry, pray, send, live, not leave · **To what, where:** thee, me, Beth el · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 2:2 · 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 (Elijah, I, LORD, Elisha), 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:24 # text = And Elijah said unto Elisha: 'Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me as far as Beth-el.' And Elisha said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' So they went down to Beth-el. — 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Tarry tarry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obj _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 as as ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 23 as as ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 26 el el PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 34 As as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 48 advmod _ _ 48 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 52 So so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 55 down down ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 58 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 59 punct _ _ 59 el el PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 61 — — PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elijah | | | | | unto Elisha | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tarry** | infinitive | | | | here | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | the LORD | me | | | | far *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elisha | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **live** | present | thy soul | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **leave** | future | I | thee | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 9 | **go down** | past | they | | Beth el | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אֵלִיָּ֨הוּ אֶל־אֱלִישָׁ֜ע שֵֽׁב־נָ֣א פֹ֗ה כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי עַד־בֵּֽית־אֵ֔לבֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֔ע חַי־יְהוָ֥ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ וַיֵּרְד֖וּ בֵּֽית־אֵֽלבֵּֽית־אֵֽל׃ [2 Kings 2:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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