--- title: 2 Kings 13:21 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha; and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 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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 (land, bands, man), 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:411 # text = And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha; and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. 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 as as SCONJ IN _ 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 burying bury VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 behold behold INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 spied spy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 cast cast VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 sepulchre sepulchre NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 bones bone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 revived revive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 51 up up ADV RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | land | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | land *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **bury** | past · progressive | bands *= band* | a man | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 4 | **spy** | past | bands *= band* | a band | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer band=Stimulus | | 5 | **cast** | past | bands *= band* | the man | | the sepulchre of Elisha | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent man=Material into sepulchre=Product | | 6 | **touch** | past | the man | the bones of Elisha | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bone=Co-Theme | | 7 | **revive** | past | man | | | | | soon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **stand up** | past | man *not said here* | | | Elisha's feet | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on foot=Location | 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} וַיְהִ֞י הֵ֣ם ׀ קֹבְרִ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ וְהִנֵּה֙ רָא֣וּ אֶֽת־הַגְּד֔וּד וַיַּשְׁלִ֥יכוּ אֶת־הָאִ֖ישׁ בְּקֶ֣בֶר אֱלִישָׁ֑ע וַיֵּ֜לֶךְ וַיִּגַּ֤ע הָאִישׁ֙ בְּעַצְמ֣וֹת אֱלִישָׁ֔ע וַיְחִ֖י וַיָּ֥קָם עַל־רַגְלָֽיו׃פ [2 Kings 13:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.13.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:411` 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 13:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.410/) - next →: [2 Kings 13:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.412/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 13:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.13.21/)