2 Samuel 14:20 · JPS 1917
to change the face of the matter hath thy servant Joab done this thing; and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.'
Who acts: servant, lord, things · What happens: change, do, be, accord, know · To what, where: face, thing, things, earth
This is 2 Samuel 14:20 · 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 (servant, lord, things), 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 | to | to | PART | _ | 2 change | mark |
| 2 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 done | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 face | det |
| 4 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 change | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 matter | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 matter | det |
| 7 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 face | nmod |
| 8 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 done | aux |
| 9 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 servant | nmod:poss |
| 10 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 done | nsubj |
| 11 | Joab | Joab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 servant | appos |
| 12 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 thing | det |
| 14 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 done | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 wise | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 wise | cc |
| 17 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 lord | nmod:poss |
| 18 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 wise | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 wise | cop |
| 20 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 done | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 wisdom | punct |
| 22 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 wisdom | case |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 according | fixed |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 wisdom | det |
| 25 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 wise | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 angel | case |
| 27 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 angel | det |
| 28 | angel | angel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 wisdom | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 God | case |
| 30 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 angel | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 know | punct |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 know | mark |
| 33 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 wise | advcl |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 things | det |
| 35 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 know | obj |
| 36 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 earth | nsubj |
| 37 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 40 earth | cop |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 earth | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 earth | det |
| 40 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 things | acl:relcl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 done | punct |
| 42 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 done | punct |
Pragmatics
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- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | to-infinitive | thy servant not said here | the face of the matter | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient | ||||
| 2 | do | present · perfect | thy servant | this thing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | is | present | my lord | accord the wisdom of a angel of God; wise property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | know | to-infinitive | my lord not said here | all things | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | is | present | all things | the earth | 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
לְבַעֲב֤וּר סַבֵּב֙ אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י הַדָּבָ֔ר עָשָׂ֛ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ יוֹאָ֖ב אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה וַאדֹנִ֣י חָכָ֗ם כְּחָכְמַת֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים לָדַ֖עַת אֶֽת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ס
2 Samuel 14:20: 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:404 of Mova's parse database.
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