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title: 2 Kings 5:17 (JPS 1917) — And Naaman said: 'If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Naaman said: 'If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. Who acts: Naaman, I, servant, two mules. 2 Kings 5:17 in JPS 1917 with its dependency
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# 2 Kings 5:17 · JPS 1917

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And Naaman said: 'If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

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**Who acts:** Naaman, I, servant, two mules · **What happens:** say, pray, let, give, offer, burn · **To what, where:** thee, burden, servant, burnt offering, earth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Kings 5:17 · 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, I, servant, two mules), 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:146
# text = And Naaman said: 'If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Naaman	Naaman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	_
6	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	not	not	ADV	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advcl	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
12	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	obj	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
14	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	13	expl	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	xcomp	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	mules	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	'	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	burden	burden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
27	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
28	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
30	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
31	henceforth	henceforth	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
33	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	36	cc:preconj	_	_
34	burnt	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	amod	_	_
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	34	punct	_	_
36	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
37	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	38	cc	_	_
38	sacrifice	sacrifice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
39	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | 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 | **pray** | present | I | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **give** | infinitive · passive |  | two mules's burden of earth | thy servant |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to servant=Recipient |
| 5 | **offer** | future | thy servant | burnt offering nor sacrifice |  |  |  | henceforth *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme |
| 6 | **burn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **burden** |  | two mules | earth |  |  |  |  | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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}

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וַיֹּאמֶר֮ נַעֲמָן֒ וָלֹ֕א יֻתַּן־נָ֣א לְעַבְדְּךָ֔ מַשָּׂ֥א צֶֽמֶד־פְּרָדִ֖ים אֲדָמָ֑ה כִּ֡י לֽוֹא־יַעֲשֶׂה֩ ע֨וֹד עַבְדְּךָ֜ עֹלָ֤ה וָזֶ֙בַח֙ לֵאלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים כִּ֖י אִם־לַיהוָֽה׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:146` of Mova's parse database.

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