--- title: 2 Kings 2:5 (JPS 1917) — And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elish… · tree and pragmatics description: And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said unto him: 'Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day?' And he answered: 'Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.' — Who acts: prophets, sons, thou, LORD. 2 Kings 2:5 in JPS 1917 with its depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.27/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/2/) / [2:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.5/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 2:5 · JPS 1917 And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said unto him: 'Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day?' And he answered: 'Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.' — **Who acts:** prophets, sons, thou, LORD, I, ye · **What happens:** be, come, say, know, take away, answer · **To what, where:** Jericho, Elisha, master, head, peace · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 2:5 · 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 (prophets, sons, thou, LORD), 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:27 # text = And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said unto him: 'Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to-day?' And he answered: 'Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.' — 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Jericho Jericho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 near near ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Knowest know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 29 away away ADV RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 to to ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 40 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 43 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 45 Yea yea INTJ UH _ 48 discourse _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 51 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 48 parataxis _ _ 52 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nsubj _ _ 53 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 57 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the prophets | | | Jericho | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | the sons of the prophets | | | Elisha | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to elisha=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the sons of the prophets *not said here* | | | | | unto Elisha | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **know** | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **take away** | future | the LORD | thy master | | thy head | day | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent master=Theme from head=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | present | I | master | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **hold** | infinitive | ye | your peace | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 9 | **pacify** | | your | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=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} וַיִּגְּשׁ֨וּ בְנֵֽי־הַנְּבִיאִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־בִּֽירִיחוֹ֮ אֶל־אֱלִישָׁע֒ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו הֲיָדַ֕עְתָּ כִּ֣י הַיּ֗וֹם יְהוָ֛ה לֹקֵ֥חַ אֶת־אֲדֹנֶ֖יךָ מֵעַ֣ל רֹאשֶׁ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֛אמֶר גַּם־אֲנִ֥י יָדַ֖עְתִּי הֶחֱשֽׁוּ׃ [2 Kings 2:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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