--- title: 2 Kings 8:13 (JPS 1917) — And Hazael said: 'But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he… · tree and pragmatics description: And Hazael said: 'But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?' And Elisha answered: 'The LORD hath shown me that thou shalt be king over Aram.' 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And Elisha answered: 'The LORD hath shown me that thou shalt be king over Aram.' **Who acts:** Hazael, servant, Elisha, LORD, thou · **What happens:** say, be, do, answer, show · **To what, where:** servant, dog, great thing, me, king, Aram · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 8:13 · 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 (Hazael, servant, Elisha, LORD), 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:236 # text = And Hazael said: 'But what is thy servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?' And Elisha answered: 'The LORD hath shown me that thou shalt be king over Aram.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Hazael Hazael 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 : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 6 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 but but ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 32 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 34 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 39 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Aram Aram PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=ask, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Hazael | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | thy servant | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | thy servant | a dog | | | | but *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **do** | should | Hazael | this great thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Elisha | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **show** | present · perfect | the LORD | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | shall | thou | king | | Aram | | | tree rules | 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 חֲזָהאֵ֔ל כִּ֣י מָ֤ה עַבְדְּךָ֙ הַכֶּ֔לֶב כִּ֣י יַעֲשֶׂ֔ה הַדָּבָ֥ר הַגָּד֖וֹל הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלִישָׁ֔ע הִרְאַ֧נִי יְהוָ֛ה אֹתְךָ֖ מֶ֥לֶךְ עַל־אֲרָֽם׃ [2 Kings 8:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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