--- title: 2 Kings 5:1 (JPS 1917) — Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man… · tree and pragmatics description: Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and held in esteem, because by him the LORD had given victory unto Aram; he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper. 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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 (Naaman, LORD), 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:130 # text = Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and held in esteem, because by him the LORD had given victory unto Aram; he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 2 Naaman Naaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Aram Aram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 esteem esteem NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 34 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Aram Aram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 40 also also ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 valour valour NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 leper leper NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Naaman | a great man and a mighty man but a leper | | | now | with Naaman's master | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | past | Naaman *not said here* | | | esteem | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in esteem=Location | | 3 | **give** | past · perfect | the LORD | victory | | | | by Naaman; unto Aram | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | past | LORD | a mighty man but a leper | | | | of valour | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | LORD | a leper | | | | | 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} וְ֠נַעֲמָן שַׂר־צְבָ֨א מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֜ם הָיָ֣ה אִישׁ֩ גָּד֨וֹל לִפְנֵ֤י אֲדֹנָיו֙ וּנְשֻׂ֣א פָנִ֔ים כִּֽי־ב֛וֹ נָֽתַן־יְהוָ֥ה תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה לַאֲרָ֑ם וְהָאִ֗ישׁ הָיָ֛ה גִּבּ֥וֹר חַ֖יִל מְצֹרָֽע׃ [2 Kings 5:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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