--- title: 2 Kings 5:16 (JPS 1917) — But he said: 'As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receiv… · tree and pragmatics description: But he said: 'As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none.' And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 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And he urged him to take it; but he refused. **Who acts:** Naaman, LORD, I · **What happens:** say, live, stand, receive, urge, take · **To what, where:** none, LORD, present · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 5:16 · 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 (Naaman, LORD, I), 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:145 # text = But he said: 'As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none.' And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 6 As as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 19 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 18 obj _ _ 20 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 22 And and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 urged urge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Naaman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | present | I | | | | before the LORD | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before whom=Location | | 4 | **receive** | future | I | none | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Theme | | 5 | **urge** | past | Naaman | LORD | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Naaman *not said here* | present | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **refuse** | past | Naaman | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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} וַיֹּ֕אמֶר חַי־יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־עָמַ֥דְתִּי לְפָנָ֖יו אִם־אֶקָּ֑ח וַיִּפְצַר־בּ֥וֹ לָקַ֖חַת וַיְמָאֵֽן׃ [2 Kings 5:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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