2 Samuel 15:2 · JPS 1917

And Absalom used to rise up early, and stand beside the way of the gate; and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said: 'Of what city art thou?' And he said: 'Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.'

Who acts: Absalom, man, suit, thou, servant · What happens: use, rise up, stand, be, have, come · To what, where: way, suit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is 2 Samuel 15:2 · 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 (Absalom, man, suit, 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	_	3 used	cc
2	Absalom	Absalom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 used	nsubj
3	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 rise	mark
5	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 used	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 rise	compound:prt
7	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 rise	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stand	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stand	cc
10	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 rise	conj
11	beside	beside	ADP	_	13 way	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stand	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 gate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gate	det
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 way	nmod
17	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 so	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 so	cc
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 so	expl
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 so	cop
21	so	so	ADV	_	3 used	conj
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 called	punct
23	that	that	SCONJ	_	41 called	mark
24	when	when	ADV	_	27 had	advmod
25	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	26 man	det
26	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 had	nsubj
27	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 called	advcl
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 suit	det
29	suit	suit	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 had	obj
30	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	32 come	nsubj
31	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	32 come	aux
32	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 suit	acl:relcl
33	to	to	ADP	_	35 king	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 king	det
35	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 come	obl
36	for	for	ADP	_	37 judgment	case
37	judgment	judgment	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 come	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 had	punct
39	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	41 called	advmod
40	Absalom	Absalom	PROPN	Number=Sing	41 called	nsubj
41	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 so	csubj
42	unto	unto	ADP	_	43 him	case
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 called	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 said	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 said	cc
46	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 called	conj
47	:	:	PUNCT	_	46 said	punct
48	'	'	PUNCT	_	51 city	punct
49	Of	of	ADP	_	51 city	case
50	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	51 city	det
51	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 said	ccomp
52	art	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 city	cop
53	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	51 city	nsubj
54	?	?	PUNCT	_	51 city	punct
55	'	'	PUNCT	_	51 city	punct
56	And	and	CCONJ	_	58 said	cc
57	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 said	nsubj
58	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 used	conj
59	:	:	PUNCT	_	65 one	punct
60	'	'	PUNCT	_	65 one	punct
61	Thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	62 servant	nmod:poss
62	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 one	nsubj
63	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	65 one	cop
64	of	of	ADP	_	65 one	case
65	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	58 said	ccomp
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 tribes	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 tribes	det
68	tribes	tribe	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 one	nmod
69	of	of	ADP	_	70 Israel	case
70	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	68 tribes	nmod
71	.	.	PUNCT	_	65 one	punct
72	'	'	PUNCT	_	65 one	punct

Pragmatics

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Absalom					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	rise up	to-infinitive	Absalom not said here				early property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stand	infinitive	Absalom not said here		the way of the gate			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside way=Location
4	is	past	Absalom not said here				so property	tree rules
5	have	past	any man	a suit				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suit=Patient
6	come	should	a suit				to the king; for judgment	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial_Location
7	call	past	Absalom			then	unto king	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	say speech: assert	past	Absalom not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
9	is	present	thou				of what city	tree rules
10	say speech: assert	past	Absalom					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
11	is	present	Thy servant				of one; of the tribes of Israel	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

וְהִשְׁכִּים֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם וְעָמַ֕ד עַל־יַ֖ד דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשָּׁ֑עַר וַיְהִ֡י כָּל־הָאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִהְיֶה־לּוֹ־רִיב֩ לָב֨וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט וַיִּקְרָ֨א אַבְשָׁל֤וֹם אֵלָיו֙ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה עִיר֙ אַ֔תָּה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מֵאַחַ֥ד שִׁבְטֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

2 Samuel 15:2: 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:419 of Mova's parse database.

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