--- title: 2 Kings 4:10 (JPS 1917) — Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the roof; and let us s… · tree and pragmatics description: Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the roof; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick; and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.' 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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 (you, I, man), 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:89 # text = Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the roof; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick; and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.' 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 3 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 roof roof NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 19 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 stool stool NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 candlestick candlestick NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 expl _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 when when SCONJ WRB _ 45 mark _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 csubj _ _ 53 in in ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 thither thither ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a little chamber | us | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset we=Beneficiary chamber=Product | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **set** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | there | | for man | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent we=Theme bed=Destination | | 6 | **come** | present | man | | us | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to we=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **turn in** | shall | man | | | | | thither *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=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} נַֽעֲשֶׂה־נָּ֤א עֲלִיַּת־קִיר֙ קְטַנָּ֔ה וְנָשִׂ֨ים ל֥וֹ שָׁ֛ם מִטָּ֥ה וְשֻׁלְחָ֖ן וְכִסֵּ֣א וּמְנוֹרָ֑ה וְהָיָ֛ה בְּבֹא֥וֹ אֵלֵ֖ינוּ יָס֥וּר שָֽׁמָּה׃ [2 Kings 4:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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