2 Samuel 5:23 · JPS 1917
And when David inquired of the LORD, He said: 'Thou shalt not go up; make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
Who acts: David, Thou · What happens: inquire, say, not go up, make, come over · To what, where: circuit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 2 Samuel 5:23 · 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 (David, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 inquired | mark |
| 3 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 inquired | nsubj |
| 4 | inquired | inquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | advcl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 LORD | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 LORD | det |
| 7 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 inquired | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 inquired | punct |
| 9 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 go | punct |
| 12 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 go | punct |
| 13 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 16 go | nsubj |
| 14 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 16 go | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 go | advmod |
| 16 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 17 | up | up | ADV | _ | 16 go | compound:prt |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 make | punct |
| 19 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 go | conj |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 circuit | det |
| 21 | circuit | circuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 make | obj |
| 22 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 23 them | case |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 make | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 come | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 come | cc |
| 26 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 make | conj |
| 27 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 28 them | case |
| 28 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 come | obl |
| 29 | over | over | ADV | _ | 26 come | advmod |
| 30 | against | against | ADP | _ | 34 trees | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 trees | det |
| 32 | mulberry | mulberry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 trees | compound |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 mulberry | punct |
| 34 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 come | obl |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- warn
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=warn, form=decl
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inquire speech: other | past | David | of the LORD | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of lord=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not go up | shall | Thou | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | make | infinitive | Thou not said here | a circuit | behind Philistines = philistine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset circuit=Product | |||
| 5 | come over | infinitive | Thou not said here | upon Philistines = philistine; against the mulberry trees; over property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon they=Location |
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
וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל דָּוִד֙ בַּֽיהוָ֔ה וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לֹ֣א תַעֲלֶ֑ה הָסֵב֙ אֶל־אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם וּבָ֥אתָ לָהֶ֖ם מִמּ֥וּל בְּכָאִֽים׃
2 Samuel 5:23: 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:150 of Mova's parse database.
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