--- title: 2 Kings 8:14 (JPS 1917) — Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to hi… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him: 'What said Elisha to thee?' And he answered: 'He told me that thou wouldest surely recover.' Who acts: LORD, master, thou. 2 Kings 8:14 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.237/) [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/) / [8:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.14/) / JPS 1 # 2 Kings 8:14 · JPS 1917 Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him: 'What said Elisha to thee?' And he answered: 'He told me that thou wouldest surely recover.' **Who acts:** LORD, master, thou · **What happens:** depart, come, say, answer, tell, recover · **To what, where:** Elisha, master, LORD, thee, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Kings 8:14 · 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 (LORD, master, thou), 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:237 # text = Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him: 'What said Elisha to thee?' And he answered: 'He told me that thou wouldest surely recover.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 19 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 21 Elisha Elisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obl _ _ 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 31 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 36 wouldest would AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 surely surely ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **depart** | past | LORD | | | Elisha | then | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from elisha=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **come** | past | LORD *not said here* | | | LORD's master | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to master=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD's master | | LORD | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | Elisha | thee | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent elisha=Topic to thou=Recipient | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **recover** | would | thou | | | | | surely *property* | 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} וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ ׀ מֵאֵ֣ת אֱלִישָׁ֗ע וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֔יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ מָֽה־אָמַ֥ר לְךָ֖ אֱלִישָׁ֑ע וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָ֥מַר לִ֖י חָיֹ֥ה תִחְיֶֽה׃ [2 Kings 8:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.8.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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