2 Samuel 11:15 · JPS 1917

And he wrote in the letter, saying: 'Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.'

Who acts: David, ye · What happens: write, say, set, retire, smite, die · To what, where: letter, Uriah, forefront, David · Speech: someone speaks here

This is 2 Samuel 11:15 · 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, ye), 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 wrote	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrote	nsubj
3	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 letter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 letter	det
6	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrote	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 saying	punct
8	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 wrote	advcl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 Set	punct
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	11 Set	punct
11	Set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 saying	ccomp
12	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	11 Set	nsubj
13	Uriah	Uriah	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Set	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 forefront	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forefront	det
16	forefront	forefront	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Set	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 battle	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 battle	det
19	hottest	hot	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 battle	amod
20	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 forefront	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 retire	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 retire	cc
23	retire	retire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 Set	conj
24	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	23 retire	nsubj
25	from	from	ADP	_	26 him	case
26	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 retire	obl
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 smitten	punct
28	that	that	SCONJ	_	32 smitten	mark
29	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 smitten	nsubj:pass
30	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 smitten	aux
31	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	32 smitten	aux:pass
32	smitten	smite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 retire	advcl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 die	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 die	cc
35	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 smitten	conj
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct
37	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 wrote	punct

Pragmatics

form: command
act: request
voice: character
polarity: none
teacher: changed hedge=0, polarity=none

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	past	David		the letter		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in letter=Destination
2	say speech: assert	gerund	David not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	set	infinitive	ye	Uriah	the forefront of the hottest battle		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent uriah=Theme in forefront=Destination
4	retire	infinitive	ye			from David	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from he=Source
5	smite	may · passive		David			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
6	die	infinitive					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

וַיִּכְתֹּ֥ב בַּסֵּ֖פֶר לֵאמֹ֑ר הָב֣וּ אֶת־אֽוּרִיָּ֗ה אֶל־מוּל֙ פְּנֵ֤י הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ הַֽחֲזָקָ֔ה וְשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם מֵאַחֲרָ֖יו וְנִכָּ֥ה וָמֵֽת׃ס

2 Samuel 11:15: 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:284 of Mova's parse database.

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