--- title: 2 Kings 4:1 (JPS 1917) — Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prop… · tree and pragmatics description: Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying: 'Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.' 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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 (certain woman, servant, thou, creditor), 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:78 # text = Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying: 'Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD; and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 prophets prophet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 22 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 31 knowest know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 creditor creditor NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 51 nummod _ _ 51 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 54 bondmen bondman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 xcomp _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets | | | there | now | unto Elisha | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | Thy servant | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | present | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **fear** | past · do-support | thy servant | the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | present · passive | the creditor | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **take** | to-infinitive | the creditor *not said here* | | my two children | | | unto creditor | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument child=Destination | | 8 | **is a** | to-infinitive | the creditor *not said here* | bondmen | | | | | 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} וְאִשָּׁ֣ה אַחַ֣ת מִנְּשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי־הַ֠נְּבִיאִים צָעֲקָ֨ה אֶל־אֱלִישָׁ֜ע לֵאמֹ֗ר עַבְדְּךָ֤ אִישִׁי֙ מֵ֔ת וְאַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֔עְתָּ כִּ֣י עַבְדְּךָ֔ הָיָ֥ה יָרֵ֖א אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה וְהַ֨נֹּשֶׁ֔ה בָּ֗א לָקַ֜חַת אֶת־שְׁנֵ֧י יְלָדַ֛י ל֖וֹ לַעֲבָדִֽים׃ [2 Kings 4:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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