2 Samuel 4:8 · JPS 1917
And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king: 'Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.'
Who acts: Baanah, enemy, LORD · What happens: bring, say, behold, seek, avenge · To what, where: head, Hebron, life, lord · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 2 Samuel 4:8 · 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 (Baanah, enemy, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 brought | cc |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 brought | nsubj |
| 3 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 head | det |
| 5 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 bosheth | case |
| 7 | Ish | Ish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 bosheth | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Ish | punct |
| 9 | bosheth | bosheth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 head | nmod |
| 10 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 11 David | case |
| 11 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 Hebron | case |
| 13 | Hebron | Hebron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 brought | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 said | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 said | cc |
| 16 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 brought | conj |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 king | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 king | det |
| 19 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 said | obl |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 Behold | punct |
| 21 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 Behold | punct |
| 22 | Behold | behold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 said | ccomp |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 head | det |
| 24 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Behold | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Ish | case |
| 26 | Ish | Ish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 bosheth | compound |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 Ish | punct |
| 28 | bosheth | bosheth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 head | nmod |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 son | det |
| 30 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 bosheth | appos |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Saul | case |
| 32 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 son | nmod |
| 33 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 34 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 Saul | appos |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 sought | punct |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 sought | nsubj |
| 37 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 enemy | acl:relcl |
| 38 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 life | nmod:poss |
| 39 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 sought | obj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 avenged | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 avenged | cc |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 LORD | det |
| 43 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 avenged | nsubj |
| 44 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 45 avenged | aux |
| 45 | avenged | avenge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 22 Behold | conj |
| 46 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 lord | nmod:poss |
| 47 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 avenged | obj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 king | det |
| 49 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 lord | appos |
| 50 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 day | det |
| 51 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 avenged | obl:unmarked |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 Saul | case |
| 53 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 avenged | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 seed | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 seed | cc |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 seed | case |
| 57 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 seed | nmod:poss |
| 58 | seed | seed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 Saul | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 Behold | punct |
| 60 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 22 Behold | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | Baanah | the head of Ish bosheth | Hebron | unto David | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme to hebron=Destination | ||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Baanah not said here | to the king | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to king=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | behold | infinitive | the head Ish bosheth | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | seek | past | thine enemy | thy life | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | ||||
| 5 | avenge | present · perfect | the LORD | my lord | day | of Saul and son's seed | 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
וַ֠יָּבִאוּ אֶת־רֹ֨אשׁ אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֥שֶׁתאִֽישׁ־בֹּ֥שֶׁת אֶל־דָּוִד֮ חֶבְרוֹן֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הִנֵּֽה־רֹ֣אשׁ אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֗שֶׁתאִֽישׁ־בֹּ֗שֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל֙ אֹֽיִבְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וַיִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֠הוָה לַֽאדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ נְקָמוֹת֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה מִשָּׁא֖וּל וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ׃ס
2 Samuel 4:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:2SA:121 of Mova's parse database.
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