--- title: 2 Kings 5:20 (JPS 1917) — But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said: 'Behold, my… · tree and pragmatics description: But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said: 'Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Aramean, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; as the LORD liveth, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.' 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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 (Gehazi, master, 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:149 # text = But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said: 'Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Aramean, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; as the LORD liveth, I will surely run after him, and take somewhat of him.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 Gehazi Gehazi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 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 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 16 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 spared spare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 Naaman Naaman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Aramean Aramean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 appos _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 in in SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 29 receiving receive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 33 that that DET DT PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 surely surely ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 parataxis _ _ 47 after after ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 52 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - 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 | Gehazi | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **spare** | present · perfect | my master | this Naaman | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent naaman=Asset | | 3 | **not** **receive** | gerund | my master *not said here* | | | servant's hands | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at hand=Location | | 4 | **bring** | past | master | | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 5 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **run** | future | I | | | | after LORD | surely *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **take** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | of LORD | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent of he=Initial\_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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר גֵּיחֲזִ֗י נַעַר֮ אֱלִישָׁ֣ע אִישׁ־הָאֱלֹהִים֒ הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ חָשַׂ֣ךְ אֲדֹנִ֗י אֶֽת־נַעֲמָ֤ן הָֽאֲרַמִּי֙ הַזֶּ֔ה מִקַּ֥חַת מִיָּד֖וֹ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־הֵבִ֑יא חַי־יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־אִם־רַ֣צְתִּי אַחֲרָ֔יו וְלָקַחְתִּ֥י מֵאִתּ֖וֹ מְאֽוּמָה׃ [2 Kings 5:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:149` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Kings 5:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.148/) - next →: [2 Kings 5:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.150/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 5:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.20/)