2 Samuel 18:12 · JPS 1917
And the man said unto Joab: 'Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying: Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
Who acts: man, I, king, none, our · What happens: say, receive, not put, charge, beware, touch · To what, where: thousand pieces, hand, thee, hearing, young man · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 2 Samuel 18:12 · 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 (man, I, king, none), 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 | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 6 Joab | case |
| 6 | Joab | Joab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 26 put | punct |
| 9 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 12 receive | mark |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 receive | nsubj |
| 11 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 receive | aux |
| 12 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 put | advcl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 pieces | det |
| 14 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 pieces | nummod |
| 15 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 receive | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 silver | case |
| 17 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pieces | nmod |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 hand | case |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 hand | nmod:poss |
| 20 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 receive | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 put | punct |
| 22 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 26 put | cc |
| 23 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 put | aux |
| 24 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 put | nsubj |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 put | advmod |
| 26 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 27 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 26 put | advmod |
| 28 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 hand | nmod:poss |
| 29 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 put | obj |
| 30 | against | against | ADP | _ | 34 son | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 king | det |
| 32 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 son | nmod:poss |
| 33 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 32 king | case |
| 34 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 put | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 charged | punct |
| 36 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 42 charged | mark |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 hearing | case |
| 38 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 hearing | nmod:poss |
| 39 | hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 charged | obl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 king | det |
| 41 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 charged | nsubj |
| 42 | charged | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 put | ccomp |
| 43 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 42 charged | obj |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 Abishai | cc |
| 45 | Abishai | Abishai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 thee | conj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 Ittai | cc |
| 47 | Ittai | Ittai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 Abishai | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 saying | punct |
| 49 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 42 charged | advcl |
| 50 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 51 Beware | punct |
| 51 | Beware | beware | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 saying | ccomp |
| 52 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 54 touch | mark |
| 53 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 54 touch | nsubj |
| 54 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Sub Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 Beware | ccomp |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 man | det |
| 56 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 man | amod |
| 57 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 touch | obj |
| 58 | Absalom | Absalom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 man | appos |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
Pragmatics
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- teacher
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the man | unto Joab | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | receive | should | I | a thousand pieces of silver | my hand | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent piece=Theme in hand=Location | |||
| 3 | not put | would | I | my hand | against the king's son; forth property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | charge | past | the king | thee | our hearing | tree rules | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | gerund | the king not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | beware | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | touch | present | none | the young man | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Co-Theme | ||||
| 8 | hear | our | nom hearing «act intransitive»: poss=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
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָאִישׁ֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב וְל֨וּאאָנֹכִ֜י שֹׁקֵ֤ל עַל־כַּפַּי֙ אֶ֣לֶף כֶּ֔סֶף לֹֽא־אֶשְׁלַ֥ח יָדִ֖י אֶל־בֶּן־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּ֣י בְאָזְנֵ֜ינוּ צִוָּ֣ה הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֹ֠תְךָ וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁ֤י וְאֶת־אִתַּי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר שִׁמְרוּ־מִ֕י בַּנַּ֖עַר בְּאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
2 Samuel 18:12: 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:524 of Mova's parse database.
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