--- title: 2 Kings 2:9 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha: 'Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee.' And Elisha said: 'I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.' 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And Elisha said: 'I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.' **Who acts:** mantle, sons, Elijah, I, Elisha, double portion · **What happens:** come, pass, go over, say, ask, do · **To what, where:** I, thee, double portion · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 2:9 · 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 (mantle, sons, Elijah, I), 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:31 # text = And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha: 'Ask what I shall do for thee, before I am taken from thee.' And Elisha said: 'I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 11 over over ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 Elijah Elijah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 csubj _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 before before SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 ccomp _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 53 upon upon ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 xcomp _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | mantle | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | mantle *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go over** | past · passive | sons *= son* | | | | | over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elijah | | | | | unto Elisha | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | shall | I | | | | | for thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 7 | **take** | present · passive | | I | | thee | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from thou=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elisha | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | a double portion of thy spirit | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Theme | | 11 | **is** | infinitive | a double portion of thy spirit *not said here* | | | | | upon me | tree rules | 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} וַיְהִ֣י כְעָבְרָ֗ם וְאֵ֨לִיָּ֜הוּ אָמַ֤ר אֶל־אֱלִישָׁע֙ שְׁאַל֙ מָ֣ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֔ךְ בְּטֶ֖רֶם אֶלָּקַ֣ח מֵעִמָּ֑ךְ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֔ע וִֽיהִי־נָ֛א פִּֽי־שְׁנַ֥יִם בְּרוּחֲךָ֖ אֵלָֽי׃ [2 Kings 2:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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