--- title: 2 Kings 3:9 (JPS 1917) — So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of E… · tree and pragmatics description: So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey; and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them. 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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 (king, father, water, beasts), 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:57 # text = So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey; and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Edom Edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 circuit circuit NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 26 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 ' 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 33 expl _ _ 33 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 43 cc _ _ 41 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 conj _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the king of Israel | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | father | a circuit of seven days's journey | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset circuit=Product | | 3 | **be** | past | no water for the host nor the beasts | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | past | the beasts | water | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **journey** | | seven days | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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} וַיֵּלֶךְ֩ מֶ֨לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וּמֶֽלֶך־יְהוּדָה֙וּמֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֔וֹם וַיָּסֹ֕בּוּ דֶּ֖רֶךְ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֑ים וְלֹא־הָיָ֨ה מַ֧יִם לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֛ה וְלַבְּהֵמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּרַגְלֵיהֶֽם׃ [2 Kings 3:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.3.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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