--- title: 2 Kings 8:5 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. 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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 (servant, king, woman), 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:226 # text = And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 telling tell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 csubj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 iobj _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 behold behold INTJ UH _ 39 discourse _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 39 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | servant | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | servant *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · progressive | king | | the king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **restore** | past · perfect | king | Elisha | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to life=Recipient | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **restore** | past · perfect | king | son | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent son=Theme to life=Recipient | | 7 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | the woman | | the king | | | for woman's house and woman's land | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | 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} וַ֠יְהִי ה֥וּא מְסַפֵּ֣ר לַמֶּלֶךְ֮ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱיָ֣ה אֶת־הַמֵּת֒ וְהִנֵּ֨ה הָאִשָּׁ֜ה אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱיָ֤ה אֶת־בְּנָהּ֙ צֹעֶ֣קֶת אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַל־בֵּיתָ֖הּ וְעַל־שָׂדָ֑הּ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר גֵּֽחֲזִי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ זֹ֚אתהָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וְזֶה־בְּנָ֖הּ אֲשֶׁר־הֶחֱיָ֥ה אֱלִישָֽׁע׃ [2 Kings 8:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.5/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land.** 2. [And Gehazi said: 'My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.227/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2KI:226` 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 8:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.225/) - next →: [2 Kings 8:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.227/) - ↑ back to [2 Kings 8:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.5/)