--- title: 2 Kings 2:6 (JPS 1917) — And Elijah said unto him: 'Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hat… · tree and pragmatics description: And Elijah said unto him: 'Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to the Jordan.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' And they two went on. 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And they two went on. **Who acts:** Elijah, I, LORD, soul, sons · **What happens:** say, tarry, pray, send, live, not leave · **To what, where:** thee, me, Jordan · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 2:6 · 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:28 # text = And Elijah said unto him: 'Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to the Jordan.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee.' And they two went on. 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 : _ 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 , _ 12 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 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 31 As as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 advcl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 ccomp _ _ 46 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 obj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ 49 And and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 52 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 53 on on ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | 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 | | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | the LORD | me | the Jordan | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to jordan=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | | | | | 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 on** | past | sons *= son* | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 שֵֽׁב־נָ֣א פֹ֗ה כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי הַיַּרְדֵּ֔נָה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר חַי־יְהוָ֥ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֖ אִם־אֶעֶזְבֶ֑ךָּ וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם׃ [2 Kings 2:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:28` 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 2:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.27/) - next →: [2 Kings 2:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.29/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 2:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.6/)