--- title: 2 Kings 5:5 (JPS 1917) — And the king of Aram said: 'Go now, and I will send a letter unto th… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king of Aram said: 'Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel.' And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 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And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. **Who acts:** king, I, raiment · **What happens:** say, go, send, depart, take, change · **To what, where:** letter, ten talents · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 5:5 · JPS 1917 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 (king, I, raiment), 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:134 # text = And the king of Aram said: 'Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel.' And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Aram Aram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 talents talent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 compound _ _ 40 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 raiment raiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king of Aram | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | now | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **send** | future | I | a letter | | | | unto the king of Israel | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 4 | **depart** | past | king | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **take** | past | king *not said here* | ten talents of silver and thousand pieces of gold and ten changes of raiment | | | | with Israel | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talent=Theme | | 6 | **change** | | raiment | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָם֙ לֶךְ־בֹּ֔א וְאֶשְׁלְחָ֥ה סֵ֖פֶר אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּלֶךְ֩ וַיִּקַּ֨ח בְּיָד֜וֹ עֶ֣שֶׂר כִּכְּרֵי־כֶ֗סֶף וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ זָהָ֔ב וְעֶ֖שֶׂר חֲלִיפ֥וֹת בְּגָדִֽים׃ [2 Kings 5:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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