--- title: 2 Kings 8:8 (JPS 1917) — And the king said unto Hazael: 'Take a present in thy hand, and go m… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king said unto Hazael: 'Take a present in thy hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying: Shall I recover of this sickness?' Who acts: king, I. 2 Kings 8:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2KI.231/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Kings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/) / [chapter 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI/8/) / [8:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.8/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 8:8 · JPS 1917 And the king said unto Hazael: 'Take a present in thy hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying: Shall I recover of this sickness?' **Who acts:** king, I · **What happens:** say, take, go, meet, inquire, recover · **To what, where:** Hazael, present, hand, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 8:8 · 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 (king, 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:231 # text = And the king said unto Hazael: 'Take a present in thy hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying: Shall I recover of this sickness?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Hazael Hazael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 18 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 Shall shall AUX MD Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 sickness sickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | Hazael | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | | a present | | thy hand | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent present=Value in hand=Location | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **meet** | infinitive | | the man of God | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Co-Agent | | 5 | **inquire** *speech: other* | infinitive | | | | | | of the LORD; by king | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of lord=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **recover** | shall | I | | | | | of this sickness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל־חֲזָהאֵ֗ל קַ֤ח בְּיָֽדְךָ֙ מִנְחָ֔ה וְלֵ֕ךְ לִקְרַ֖את אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְדָרַשְׁתָּ֨אֶת־יְהוָ֤ה מֵֽאוֹתוֹ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הַאֶחְיֶ֖ה מֵחֳלִ֥י זֶֽה׃ [2 Kings 8:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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