2 Samuel 16:10 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?'
Who acts: you, king, LORD, thou · What happens: let, curse, say, do · To what, where: king, David · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 2 Samuel 16:10 · 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 (you, king, LORD, 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 let | advmod |
| 2 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 let | obj |
| 4 | curse | curse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 let | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 said | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 LORD | det |
| 8 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | nsubj |
| 9 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | aux |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 let | advcl |
| 11 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 12 him | case |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | obl |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 Curse | punct |
| 14 | Curse | curse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | ccomp |
| 15 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Curse | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 say | punct |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 say | nsubj |
| 18 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 say | advmod |
| 19 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 say | aux |
| 20 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 let | parataxis |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 25 done | punct |
| 22 | Wherefore | wherefore | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 done | advmod |
| 23 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 done | aux |
| 24 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 done | nsubj |
| 25 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 say | ccomp |
| 26 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 done | advmod |
| 27 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 25 done | punct |
| 28 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 let | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | curse | infinitive | king not said here | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present · perfect | the LORD | unto king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | curse | infinitive | David | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent david=Theme | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | shall | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | do | present · perfect | thou | wherefore property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה־לִּ֥י וְלָכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י צְרֻיָ֑ה כֹּ֣ה יְקַלֵּ֗ל כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ אָ֤מַר לוֹ֙ קַלֵּ֣ל אֶת־דָּוִ֔ד וּמִ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר מַדּ֖וּעַ עָשִׂ֥יתָה כֵּֽן׃ס
2 Samuel 16:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And the king said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?
- So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?'
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:2SA:467 of Mova's parse database.
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