--- title: 2 Kings 2:23 (JPS 1917) — And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by t… · tree and pragmatics description: And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him: 'Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.' 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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 (LORD, little children, thou), 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:45 # text = And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him: 'Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead.' 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thence thence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 10 el El PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 17 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 forth forth ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 27 out out ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 38 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 43 up up ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 nsubj _ _ 46 baldhead baldhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 vocative _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 48 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 42 parataxis _ _ 49 up up ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nsubj _ _ 52 baldhead baldhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 vocative _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 37 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 | **go up** | past | LORD | | | thence | | unto Beth el | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **go up** | past · progressive | LORD | | | | | by the way | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **come** | past | little children | | | the city; there | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out city=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **mock** | past | little children *not said here* | LORD | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | little children *not said here* | | | | | unto LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **baldhead** | | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **go up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 9 | **baldhead** | | thou | | | | | | 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} וַיַּ֥עַל מִשָּׁ֖ם בֵּֽית־אֵ֑לבֵּֽית־אֵ֑ל וְה֣וּא ׀ עֹלֶ֣ה בַדֶּ֗רֶךְ וּנְעָרִ֤ים קְטַנִּים֙ יָצְא֣וּ מִן־הָעִ֔יר וַיִּתְקַלְּסוּ־בוֹ֙ וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל֔וֹ עֲלֵ֥ה קֵרֵ֖חַ עֲלֵ֥ה קֵרֵֽחַ׃ [2 Kings 2:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.2.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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