--- title: 2 Kings 1:6 (JPS 1917) — And they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us, and said un… · tree and pragmatics description: And they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us: Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/1/) / [1:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.6/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 1:6 · JPS 1917 And they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us: Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.' **Who acts:** messengers, man, king, LORD, bed, thou · **What happens:** say, come up, meet, go, return, send · **To what, where:** us, you, God, Israel, bed · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 1:6 · 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 (messengers, man, king, LORD), 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:5 # text = And they said unto him: 'There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us: Go, return unto the king that sent you, and say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.' 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 : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 8 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 Thus thus ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 41 : : PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 42 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 44 because because ADP IN _ 48 mark _ _ 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 48 expl _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 ccomp _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 nsubj _ _ 54 sendest send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 60 punct _ _ 60 zebub zebub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 appos _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Ekron Ekron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 66 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 67 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 70 nsubj _ _ 68 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 69 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 70 advmod _ _ 70 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 71 down down ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 72 from from ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 75 whither whither ADV WRB PronType=Int 78 advmod _ _ 76 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 78 nsubj _ _ 77 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 74 acl:relcl _ _ 79 up up ADP RP _ 78 compound:prt _ _ 80 , , PUNCT , _ 84 punct _ _ 81 but but CCONJ CC _ 84 cc _ _ 82 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 84 aux _ _ 83 surely surely ADV RB _ 84 advmod _ _ 84 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 70 conj _ _ 85 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 86 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | messengers *= messenger* | | | | | unto Elijah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come up** | past | a man | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | us | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | a man *not said here* | | | | | unto us | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **return** | infinitive | | | | | | unto the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **send** | past | the king | you | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | | | | unto Elijah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | present | bed | no God | | Israel; there | | | tree rules | | 11 | **send** | present | thou | no God *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | no God *not said here* | | | | | of Baal zebub | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of zebub=Recipient | | 13 | **not** **come down** | shall | thou | | | the bed | | down, therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bed=Initial\_Location | | 14 | **go up** | present · passive | thou | | | | | whither *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 15 | **die** | shall | thou *not said here* | | | | | surely *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ אֵלָ֜יו אִ֣ישׁ ׀ עָלָ֣ה לִקְרָאתֵ֗נוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֵינוּ֮ לְכ֣וּ שׁוּבוּ֮ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־שָׁלַ֣ח אֶתְכֶם֒ וְדִבַּרְתֶּ֣ם אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הַֽמִבְּלִ֤י אֵין־אֱלֹהִים֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַתָּ֣ה שֹׁלֵ֔חַ לִדְרֹ֕שׁ בְּבַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב בַ֥עַל זְב֖וּב אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֑וֹן לָ֠כֵן הַמִּטָּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלִ֥יתָ שָּׁ֛ם לֹֽא־תֵרֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖נָּה כִּֽי־מ֥וֹת תָּמֽוּת׃ [2 Kings 1:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.1.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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