--- title: 2 Kings 3:13 (JPS 1917) — And Elisha said unto the king of Israel: 'What have I to do with the… · tree and pragmatics description: And Elisha said unto the king of Israel: 'What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'Nay; for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.' 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And the king of Israel said unto him: 'Nay; for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.' **Who acts:** Elisha, I, king, LORD · **What happens:** say, have, do, get, call, deliver · **To what, where:** thee, three kings, father, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 3:13 · 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 (Elisha, I, 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:61 # text = And Elisha said unto the king of Israel: 'What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother.' And the king of Israel said unto him: 'Nay; for the LORD hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 12 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obl _ _ 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 19 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 42 discourse _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 52 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 parataxis _ _ 54 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 55 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 56 nummod _ _ 56 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 57 together together ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 60 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 obj _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=disagree | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Elisha | | | | | unto the king of Israel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | with thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get** | infinitive | | thee | | | | to the prophets of thy father and the prophets of thy mother | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king of Israel | | | | | unto Israel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **call** | present · perfect | the LORD | | this three kings | | | together *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | | 7 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | father | | the hand of Moab | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֜ע אֶל־מֶ֤לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מַה־לִּ֣י וָלָ֔ךְ לֵ֚ךְ אֶל־נְבִיאֵ֣י אָבִ֔יךָ וְאֶל־נְבִיאֵ֖י אִמֶּ֑ךָ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַ֗ל כִּֽי־קָרָ֤א יְהוָה֙ לִשְׁלֹ֙שֶׁת֙ הַמְּלָכִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה לָתֵ֥ת אוֹתָ֖ם בְּיַד־מוֹאָֽב׃ [2 Kings 3:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.3.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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