--- title: 2 Kings 4:29 (JPS 1917) — Then he said to Gehazi: 'Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he said to Gehazi: 'Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way; if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not; and lay my staff upon the face of the child.' 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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 (LORD, thou, any), 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:110 # text = Then he said to Gehazi: 'Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way; if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not; and lay my staff upon the face of the child.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Gehazi Gehazi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Gird gird VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 loins loin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nsubj _ _ 28 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 29 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 30 det _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 salute salute VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 any any PRON DT PronType=Ind 39 nsubj _ _ 39 salute salute VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 answer answer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 lay lay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | Gehazi | | then | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to gehazi=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **gird up** | infinitive | | thy loins | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | | my staff | | thy hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent staff=Value in hand=Location | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | | thy way | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | | 5 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | thou | any man | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 6 | **not** **salute** | infinitive | | LORD | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 7 | **salute** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | any | thee | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Topic | | 8 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | LORD | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 9 | **lay** | infinitive | | my staff | | the face of the child | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent staff=Theme upon face=Destination | 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 לְגֵיחֲזִ֜י חֲגֹ֣ר מָתְנֶ֗יךָ וְקַ֨ח מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֣י בְיָדְךָ֮ וָלֵךְ֒ כִּֽי־תִמְצָ֥א אִישׁ֙ לֹ֣א תְבָרְכֶ֔נּוּ וְכִֽי־יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ אִ֖ישׁ לֹ֣א תַעֲנֶנּ֑וּ וְשַׂמְתָּ֥ מִשְׁעַנְתִּ֖י עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַנָּֽעַר׃ [2 Kings 4:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.4.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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