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title: 2 Kings 5:22 (JPS 1917) — My master hath sent me, saying: Behold, even now there are come to m… · tree and pragmatics
description: My master hath sent me, saying: Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.' Who acts: master, two young men, I, raiment. 2 Kings 5:22 in JPS 1917 with its de
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# 2 Kings 5:22 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2

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My master hath sent me, saying: Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.'

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**Who acts:** master, two young men, I, raiment · **What happens:** send, say, come, give, pray, change · **To what, where:** me, hill country, talent, man, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Kings 5:22 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (master, two young men, I, raiment), 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:153
# text = My master hath sent me, saying: Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.'
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
9	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
13	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	15	expl	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	_
22	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Ephraim	Ephraim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	_	_
26	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	prophets	prophet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
35	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
36	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	iobj	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	parataxis	_	_
40	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	39	iobj	_	_
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	talent	talent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
48	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	changes	change	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	raiment	raiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
53	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | present · perfect | My master | me |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | My master *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come** | present · passive | two young men of the sons of the prophets |  | me | the hill country of Ephraim; there | now |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location from country=Destination |
| 4 | **give** | infinitive |  | a talent of silver and two changes of raiment | man |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient talent=Theme |
| 5 | **pray** | present | I |  | thee |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **change** |  | raiment |  |  |  |  |  | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ שָׁל֗וֹם אֲדֹנִי֮ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי לֵאמֹר֒ הִנֵּ֣ה עַתָּ֡ה זֶ֠ה בָּ֣אוּ אֵלַ֧י שְׁנֵֽי־נְעָרִ֛ים מֵהַ֥ר אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִבְּנֵ֣י הַנְּבִיאִ֑ים תְּנָה־נָּ֤א לָהֶם֙ כִּכַּר־כֶּ֔סֶף וּשְׁתֵּ֖י חֲלִפ֥וֹת בְּגָדִֽים׃

[2 Kings 5:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.5.22/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. [And he said: 'All is well.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.152/)
2. **My master hath sent me, saying: Behold, even now there are come to me from the hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.'**

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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:153` of Mova's parse database.

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