2 Samuel 16:11 · JPS 1917

And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants: 'Behold, my son, who came forth of my body, seeketh my life; how much more this Benjamite now? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him.

Who acts: David, son, Benjamite, LORD · What happens: say, come, seek, let, curse, bid · To what, where: Abishai, life, David · Speech: someone speaks here

This is 2 Samuel 16:11 · 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 (David, son, Benjamite, LORD), 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 said	cc
2	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Abishai	case
5	Abishai	Abishai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 servants	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 servants	cc
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 servants	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 servants	det:predet
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 servants	nmod:poss
11	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Abishai	conj
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	26 seeketh	punct
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	26 seeketh	punct
14	Behold	behold	INTJ	_	26 seeketh	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Behold	punct
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 son	nmod:poss
17	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 seeketh	nsubj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 came	punct
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 son	acl:relcl
21	forth	forth	ADV	_	20 came	advmod
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 body	case
23	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 body	nmod:poss
24	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 son	punct
26	seeketh	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
27	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 life	nmod:poss
28	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 seeketh	obj
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 let	punct
30	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	31 much	advmod
31	much	much	ADV	_	32 more	advmod
32	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	37 let	advmod
33	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 Benjamite	det
34	Benjamite	Benjamite	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 let	nsubj
35	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	37 let	advmod
36	?	?	PUNCT	_	37 let	punct
37	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	parataxis
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 let	obj
39	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 let	xcomp
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 let	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 let	cc
42	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 let	conj
43	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 let	obj
44	curse	curse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	42 let	xcomp
45	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 bidden	punct
46	for	for	SCONJ	_	50 bidden	mark
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 LORD	det
48	LORD	LORD	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 bidden	nsubj
49	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 bidden	aux
50	bidden	bid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 said	advcl
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 bidden	obj
52	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: assert
voice: character
polarity: none
teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	David		Abishai and David's servants			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to abishai=Experiencer clause=Topic
2	come	past	my son				of my body; forth property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of body=Initial_Location
3	seek	present	my son	my life				vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme
4	let	infinitive	this Benjamite	David		now	alone property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
5	let	infinitive	this Benjamite not said here	David				tree rules
6	curse	infinitive	David not said here					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	bid	present · perfect	the LORD	David				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

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֤ד אֶל־אֲבִישַׁי֙ וְאֶל־כָּל־עֲבָדָ֔יו הִנֵּ֥ה בְנִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥א מִמֵּעַ֖י מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֑י וְאַ֨ף כִּֽי־עַתָּ֜ה בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֗י הַנִּ֤חוּ לוֹ֙ וִֽיקַלֵּ֔ל כִּ֥י אָֽמַר־ל֖וֹ יְהוָֽה׃

2 Samuel 16:11: 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:468 of Mova's parse database.

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