--- title: 2 Kings 5:8 (JPS 1917) — And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Isr… · tree and pragmatics description: And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying: 'Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.' 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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 (it, Elisha, king, 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:137 # text = And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying: 'Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 7 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 rent rend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 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 , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 csubj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ _ 33 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rent rend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 ccomp _ _ 37 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 36 obj _ _ 39 ? ? PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 53 expl _ _ 53 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | past | Elisha | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **rend** | past · perfect | the king of Israel | king's clothes | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 4 | **send** | past | king | | the king | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to king=Destination | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **rend** | present · perfect | thou | thy clothes | | | | wherefore *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | king | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | me | | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **know** | shall | king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 10 | **be** | present | a prophet in Israel | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיְהִ֞י כִּשְׁמֹ֣עַ ׀ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים כִּֽי־קָרַ֤ע מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־בְּגָדָ֔יו וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ לֵאמֹ֔ר לָ֥מָּה קָרַ֖עְתָּ בְּגָדֶ֑יךָ יָבֹֽא־נָ֣א אֵלַ֔י וְיֵדַ֕ע כִּ֛י יֵ֥שׁ נָבִ֖יא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [2 Kings 5:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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