--- title: 2 Kings 5:6 (JPS 1917) — And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying: 'And now wh… · tree and pragmatics description: And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying: 'And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.' 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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 (king, I, thou), 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:135 # text = And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying: 'And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 15 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 16 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 21 mark _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 behold behold INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 30 Naaman Naaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 iobj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj _ _ 38 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | king | the letter | the king of Israel | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to king=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** | present · passive | | this letter | | | | unto thee | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | I | my servant | Naaman | | now | to thee | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent naaman=Destination servant=Theme | | 5 | **recover** | may | thou | king | | | | of king's leprosy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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} וַיָּבֵ֣א הַסֵּ֔פֶר אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר וְעַתָּ֗ה כְּב֨וֹא הַסֵּ֤פֶר הַזֶּה֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ הִנֵּ֨ה שָׁלַ֤חְתִּי אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ אֶת־נַעֲמָ֣ן עַבְדִּ֔י וַאֲסַפְתּ֖וֹ מִצָּרַעְתּֽוֹ׃ [2 Kings 5:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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