--- title: 2 Kings 2:4 (JPS 1917) — And Elijah said unto him: 'Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the… · tree and pragmatics description: And Elijah said unto him: 'Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' 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So they came to Jericho. — **Who acts:** Elijah, I, LORD, soul, sons · **What happens:** say, tarry, pray, send, live, not leave · **To what, where:** thee, me, Jericho · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 2:4 · 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, soul), 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:26 # text = And Elijah said unto him: 'Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' So they came to Jericho. — 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 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 8 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 vocative _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 tarry tarry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 32 As as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 50 So so ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 — - PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elijah | | | | | unto LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **tarry** | infinitive | | | | here | | Elisha *vocative* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | the LORD | me | Jericho | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to jericho=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 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 | **come** | past | sons *= son* | | | Jericho | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to jericho=Initial\_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} וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ אֵלִיָּ֜הוּ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע ׀ שֵֽׁב־נָ֣א פֹ֗ה כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי יְרִיח֔וֹ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר חַי־יְהוָ֥ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ יְרִיחֽוֹ׃ [2 Kings 2:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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