--- title: 2 Kings 5:7 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, th… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said: 'Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh an occasion against me.' 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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, 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:136 # text = And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said: 'Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh an occasion against me.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 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 , _ 13 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 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 rent rent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 csubj _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 19 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 27 Am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 ccomp _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 36 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 advcl _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 leprosy leprosy NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 consider consider VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 parataxis _ _ 58 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 62 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 64 advmod _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 seeketh seek VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 ccomp _ _ 65 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ _ 67 against against ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 obl _ _ 69 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ 70 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: express - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=express, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | letter | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **read** | past · perfect | the king of Israel | the letter | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Topic | | 4 | **rent** | past | king | king's clothes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present | I | God | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **kill** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | alive *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 9 | **send** | present · do-support | this man | | | | | unto me | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **recover** | to-infinitive | this man *not said here* | a man of king's leprosy | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 11 | **consider** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **pray** | present | I | you | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **see** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 14 | **seek** | present | king | a occasion | | | | against me | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent occasion=Theme against i=Location | 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} וַיְהִ֡י כִּקְרֹא֩ מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֨ל אֶת־הַסֵּ֜פֶר וַיִּקְרַ֣ע בְּגָדָ֗יו וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַאֱלֹהִ֥ים אָ֙נִי֙ לְהָמִ֣ית וּֽלְהַחֲי֔וֹת כִּֽי־זֶה֙ שֹׁלֵ֣חַ אֵלַ֔י לֶאֱסֹ֥ף אִ֖ישׁ מִצָּֽרַעְתּ֑וֹ כִּ֤י אַךְ־דְּעֽוּ־נָא֙ וּרְא֔וּ כִּֽי־מִתְאַנֶּ֥ה ה֖וּא לִֽי׃ [2 Kings 5:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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