2 Samuel 12:9 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten with the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to be thy wife, and him thou hast slain with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Who acts: thou · What happens: smite, take, be, slay · To what, where: Uriah, wife
This is 2 Samuel 12:9 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (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 | Uriah | Uriah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 smitten | obj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Hittite | det |
| 3 | Hittite | Hittite | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Uriah | appos |
| 4 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 smitten | nsubj |
| 5 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 smitten | aux |
| 6 | smitten | smite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 sword | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 sword | det |
| 9 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smitten | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 taken | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 taken | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 wife | nmod:poss |
| 13 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 taken | obj |
| 14 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 16 taken | nsubj |
| 15 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 taken | aux |
| 16 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 smitten | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 wife | mark |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 wife | cop |
| 19 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 wife | nmod:poss |
| 20 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 taken | xcomp |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 slain | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 slain | cc |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 slain | obj |
| 24 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 26 slain | nsubj |
| 25 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 slain | aux |
| 26 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 smitten | conj |
| 27 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 sword | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 sword | det |
| 29 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 slain | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 children | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 children | det |
| 32 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 sword | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Ammon | case |
| 34 | Ammon | Ammon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 children | nmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 smitten | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed polarity=neg
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | smite | present · perfect | thou | Uriah | with the sword | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent uriah=Patient with sword=Instrument | |||
| 2 | take | present · perfect | thou | Uriah's wife | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | ||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | thou not said here | thy wife | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | slay | present · perfect | thou | Uriah | with the sword of the children of Ammon | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Patient with sword=Instrument |
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
מַדּ֜וּעַ בָּזִ֣יתָ ׀ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת הָרַע֮ בְּעֵינַי֒ אֵ֣ת אוּרִיָּ֤ה הַֽחִתִּי֙ הִכִּ֣יתָ בַחֶ֔רֶב וְאֶ֨ת־אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ לָקַ֥חְתָּ לְּךָ֖ לְאִשָּׁ֑ה וְאֹת֣וֹ הָרַ֔גְתָּ בְּחֶ֖רֶב בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃
2 Samuel 12:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the LORD, to do that which is evil in My sight?
- Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten with the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to be thy wife, and him thou hast slain with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:2SA:309 of Mova's parse database.
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