--- title: 2 Kings 4:25 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he s… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant: 'Behold, yonder is that Shunammite. Who acts: riding, man. 2 Kings 4:25 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.105/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/4/) / [4:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.25/) / JPS 2 # 2 Kings 4:25 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant: 'Behold, yonder is that Shunammite. **Who acts:** riding, man · **What happens:** come, pass, see, say, be · **To what, where:** servant, Gehazi, Shunammite · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 4:25 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (riding, 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:105 # text = And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant: 'Behold, yonder is that Shunammite. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 afar afar ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 off off ADV RP _ 12 advmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Gehazi Gehazi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 26 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 31 discourse _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 yonder yonder ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 Shunammite Shunammite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | riding | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | riding *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the man of God | servant | | | | off *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | Gehazi | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to gehazi=Recipient | | 5 | **is a** | present | | that Shunammite | | | | yonder *property* | 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} וַתֵּ֗לֶךְ וַתָּב֛וֹא אֶל־אִ֥ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־הַ֣ר הַכַּרְמֶ֑ל וַ֠יְהִי כִּרְא֨וֹת אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים אֹתָהּ֙ מִנֶּ֔גֶד וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־גֵּיחֲזִ֣י נַעֲר֔וֹ הִנֵּ֖ה הַשּׁוּנַמִּ֥ית הַלָּֽז׃ [2 Kings 4:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.25/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [So she went, and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.104/) 2. **And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant: 'Behold, yonder is that Shunammite.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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