--- title: 2 Kings 9:36 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His se… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying: In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; Who acts: Jehu, This, dogs. 2 Kings 9:36 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.298/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/9/) / [9:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.36/) / JPS 2 # 2 Kings 9:36 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 And he said: 'This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying: In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; **Who acts:** Jehu, This, dogs · **What happens:** say, be, speak, eat · **To what, where:** word, flesh, portion · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 9:36 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (Jehu, This, dogs), 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:298 # text = And he said: 'This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying: In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 15 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Tishbite Tishbite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 26 In in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Jezreel Jezreel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Jezebel Jezebel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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 | Jehu | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | This | the word | | | | of the LORD | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Jehu | the word | | | | by Jehu's servant | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Jehu *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **eat** | shall | the dogs | the flesh of Jezebel | | the portion of Jezreel | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Patient | 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} וַיָּשֻׁבוּ֮ וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ לוֹ֒ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ דְּבַר־יְהוָ֣ה ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֗ר בְּיַד־עַבְדּ֛וֹ אֵלִיָּ֥הוּ הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖י לֵאמֹ֑ר בְּחֵ֣לֶק יִזְרְעֶ֔אל יֹאכְל֥וּ הַכְּלָבִ֖ים אֶת־בְּשַׂ֥ר אִיזָֽבֶל׃ [2 Kings 9:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.9.36/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Wherefore they came back, and told him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.297/) 2. **And he said: 'This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying: In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel;** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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