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title: 2 Kings 9:5 (JPS 1917) — And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.' Who acts: man, captains, I, Jehu. 2 Kings 9:5 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of ever
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# 2 Kings 9:5 · JPS 1917

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And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.'

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**Who acts:** man, captains, I, Jehu · **What happens:** come, sit, say, have · **To what, where:** errand, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Kings 9:5 · 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 (man, captains, I, Jehu), 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:261
# text = And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said: 'I have an errand to thee, O captain.' And Jehu said: 'Unto which of us all?' And he said: 'To thee, O captain.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	4	mark	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	captains	captain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
20	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	_
21	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	ccomp	_	_
23	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	errand	errand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	24	nmod	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	29	discourse	_	_
29	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	vocative	_	_
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
31	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
32	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
33	Jehu	Jehu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
35	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
36	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	38	punct	_	_
37	Unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	which	which	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	34	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	38	nmod	_	_
41	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
42	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	38	punct	_	_
43	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	38	punct	_	_
44	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
45	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
46	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
47	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
48	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	50	punct	_	_
49	To	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	46	obl	_	_
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	53	discourse	_	_
53	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
55	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: offer
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: changed act=offer

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** | past · progressive | the captains of the host |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **have** | present | I | a errand |  |  |  | to thee; captain *vocative* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent errand=Patient |
| 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jehu |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man |  | thee |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to thou=Recipient |

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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}

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וַיָּבֹ֗א וְהִנֵּ֨ה שָׂרֵ֤י הַחַ֙יִל֙ יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים וַיֹּ֕אמֶר דָּבָ֥ר לִ֛י אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַשָּׂ֑ר וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יֵהוּא֙ אֶל־מִ֣י מִכֻּלָּ֔נוּ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אֵלֶ֥יךָ הַשָּֽׂר׃

[2 Kings 9:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.5/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:261` of Mova's parse database.

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