--- title: 2 Kings 2:17 (JPS 1917) — And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said: 'Send.' They s… · tree and pragmatics description: And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said: 'Send.' They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 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They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. **Who acts:** sons, Elijah · **What happens:** urge, be, say, send, seek, not find · **To what, where:** Elijah, fifty men · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 2:17 · 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, Elijah), 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:39 # text = And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said: 'Send.' They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 urged urge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ _ 15 Send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 16 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 18 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 20 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 27 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 28 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **urge** | past | sons *= son* | | Elijah | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | Elijah | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elijah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **send** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **send** | past | sons *= son* | fifty men | | | | therefore *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 6 | **seek** | past | sons *= son* | | | | day | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **find** | past | sons *= son* *not said here* | Elijah | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | 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} וַיִּפְצְרוּ־ב֥וֹ עַד־בֹּ֖שׁ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁלָ֑חוּ וַֽיִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ וַיְבַקְשׁ֥וּ שְׁלֹשָֽׁה־יָמִ֖ים וְלֹ֥א מְצָאֻֽהוּ׃ [2 Kings 2:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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