2 Samuel 12:4 · JPS 1917

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.'

Who acts: traveller · What happens: come, spare, take, dress · To what, where: wayfaring man, lamb, poor, man

This is 2 Samuel 12:4 · 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 (traveller), 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 came	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 came	expl
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 traveller	det
5	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
6	unto	unto	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 spared	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 spared	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 spared	nsubj
13	spared	spare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 take	mark
15	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 spared	xcomp
16	of	of	ADP	_	19 flock	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 flock	nmod:poss
18	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 flock	amod
19	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 take	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 herd	cc
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 herd	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 herd	nmod:poss
23	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 herd	amod
24	herd	herd	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 flock	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 dress	punct
26	to	to	PART	_	27 dress	mark
27	dress	dress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 take	conj
28	for	for	ADP	_	31 man	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 man	det
30	wayfaring	wayfaring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 man	amod
31	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 dress	obl
32	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	34 come	nsubj:pass
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 come	aux:pass
34	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	31 man	acl:relcl
35	unto	unto	ADP	_	36 him	case
36	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 come	obl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 took	punct
38	but	but	CCONJ	_	39 took	cc
39	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 spared	conj
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 man	det
41	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 man	amod
42	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 lamb	nmod:poss
43	's	's	PART	_	42 man	case
44	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 took	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 dressed	punct
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 dressed	cc
47	dressed	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 took	conj
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 dressed	obj
49	for	for	ADP	_	51 man	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 man	det
51	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 dressed	obl
52	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	54 come	nsubj:pass
53	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 come	aux:pass
54	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	51 man	acl:relcl
55	to	to	ADP	_	56 him	case
56	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 come	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct
58	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: narrate
voice: narrator
polarity: none
teacher: changed act=narrate

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	come	past	a traveller			there	unto the rich man	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	spare	past	traveller					tree rules
3	take	to-infinitive	traveller not said here				of traveller's own flock and traveller's own herd	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent of flock=Initial_Location
4	dress	to-infinitive	traveller not said here				for the wayfaring man	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	come	past · passive		the wayfaring man			unto traveller	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
6	take	past	traveller not said here		the poor man's lamb			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument lamb=Destination
7	dress	past	traveller not said here	poor			for the man	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
8	come	past · passive		the man	lamb			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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

וַיָּ֣בֹא הֵלֶךְ֮ לְאִ֣ישׁ הֶֽעָשִׁיר֒ וַיַּחְמֹ֗ל לָקַ֤חַת מִצֹּאנוֹ֙ וּמִבְּקָר֔וֹ לַעֲשׂ֕וֹת לָאֹרֵ֖חַ הַבָּא־ל֑וֹ וַיִּקַּ֗ח אֶת־כִּבְשַׂת֙ הָאִ֣ישׁ הָרָ֔אשׁ וַֽיַּעֲשֶׂ֔הָ לָאִ֖ישׁ הַבָּ֥א אֵלָֽיו׃

2 Samuel 12:4: 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:302 of Mova's parse database.

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