--- title: 2 Kings 20:9 (JPS 1917) — And Isaiah said: 'This shall be the sign unto thee from the LORD, th… · tree and pragmatics description: And Isaiah said: 'This shall be the sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that He hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 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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 (Isaiah, This, LORD, shadow), 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:639 # text = And Isaiah said: 'This shall be the sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that He hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Isaiah Isaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 6 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obj _ _ 25 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 shadow shadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 33 forward forward ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 degrees degree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl:unmarked _ _ 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed form=q | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Isaiah | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is a** | shall | This | the sign | | | | unto thee; from the LORD | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | future | the LORD | the thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | LORD | the thing | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | shall | the shadow | ten degrees | | | | forward *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **go back** | infinitive | the shadow *not said here* | ten degrees | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְשַׁעְיָ֗הוּ זֶה־לְּךָ֤ הָאוֹת֙ מֵאֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֚י יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֖ר אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֵּ֑ר הָלַ֤ךְ הַצֵּל֙ עֶ֣שֶׂר מַֽעֲל֔וֹת אִם־יָשׁ֖וּב עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃ [2 Kings 20:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:639` 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 20:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.638/) - next →: [2 Kings 20:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.640/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 20:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.9/)