--- title: 2 Kings 2:16 (JPS 1917) — And they said unto him: 'Behold now, there are with thy servants fif… · tree and pragmatics description: And they said unto him: 'Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; lest peradventure the spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.' And he said: 'Ye shall not send.' 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And he said: 'Ye shall not send.' **Who acts:** sons, fifty strong men, we, spirit, Ye · **What happens:** say, be, let, go, pray, seek · **To what, where:** sons, thee, master, Elijah, mountain · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 2:16 · 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 (sons, fifty strong men, we, spirit), 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:38 # text = And they said unto him: 'Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master; lest peradventure the spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley.' And he said: 'Ye shall not send.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|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 : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 8 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 20 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 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 29 obj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 33 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 34 peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 advcl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 upon upon ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 50 det _ _ 50 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 or or CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 55 det _ _ 55 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 58 And and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 60 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 61 : : PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 66 punct _ _ 63 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 66 nsubj _ _ 64 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 66 advmod _ _ 66 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 ccomp _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 66 punct _ _ 68 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 66 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sons *= son* | | | | | unto Elijah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **does** | present | fifty strong men | | | there | now | with thy servants | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | sons *= son* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | sons *= son* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **pray** | present | we | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** | infinitive | | thy master | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent master=Theme | | 7 | **take up** | present · perfect | the spirit of the LORD | | Elijah | | | peradventure *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 8 | **cast** | infinitive | the spirit of the LORD *not said here* | Elijah | | some mountain or some valley | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme upon mountain=Destination | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | spirit | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **not** **send** | shall | Ye | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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} וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֡יו הִנֵּה־נָ֣א יֵֽשׁ־אֶת־עֲבָדֶיךָ֩ חֲמִשִּׁ֨ים אֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּנֵֽי־חַ֗יִל יֵ֣לְכוּ נָא֮ וִיבַקְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־אֲדֹנֶיךָ֒ פֶּן־נְשָׂאוֹ֙ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה וַיַּשְׁלִכֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאַחַ֣ד הֶהָרִ֔ים א֖וֹ בְּאַחַ֣ת הַגֵּאָי֑וֹת וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֹ֥א תִשְׁלָֽחוּ׃ [2 Kings 2:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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