2 Samuel 19:25 · JPS 1917
And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
Who acts: Mephibosheth, king · What happens: come down, meet, dress, trim, wash, depart · To what, where: king, feet, beard, clothes, day, peace
This is 2 Samuel 19:25 · 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 (Mephibosheth, king), 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 | _ | 7 came | cc |
| 2 | Mephibosheth | Mephibosheth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 came | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Mephibosheth | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Saul | case |
| 6 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 came | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 meet | mark |
| 10 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 came | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 meet | obj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 dressed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 dressed | cc |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 dressed | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 dressed | aux |
| 17 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 18 dressed | cc:preconj |
| 18 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 came | conj |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 feet | nmod:poss |
| 20 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 dressed | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 trimmed | punct |
| 22 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 23 trimmed | cc |
| 23 | trimmed | trim | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 dressed | conj |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 beard | nmod:poss |
| 25 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 trimmed | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 washed | punct |
| 27 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 28 washed | cc |
| 28 | washed | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 dressed | conj |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 30 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 28 washed | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 day | punct |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 day | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 day | det |
| 34 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 washed | obl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 king | det |
| 36 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 departed | nsubj |
| 37 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 day | acl:relcl |
| 38 | until | until | ADP | _ | 40 day | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 day | det |
| 40 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 washed | obl |
| 41 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 came | nsubj |
| 42 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 day | acl:relcl |
| 43 | home | home | ADV | _ | 42 came | advmod |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 peace | case |
| 45 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 came | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come down | past | Mephibosheth | down property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | meet | to-infinitive | Mephibosheth not said here | the king | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | dress | past · perfect | king | king's feet | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | ||||
| 4 | trim | past | king not said here | king's beard | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient | ||||
| 5 | wash | past | king not said here | king's clothes | day | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | |||
| 6 | depart | past | the king | the day not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme day=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | come | past | king | the day not said here | peace | home property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location day=Theme |
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
וּמְפִבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּל יָרַ֖ד לִקְרַ֣את הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֨ה רַגְלָ֜יו וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֣ה שְׂפָמ֗וֹ וְאֶת־בְּגָדָיו֙ לֹ֣א כִבֵּ֔ס לְמִן־הַיּוֹם֙ לֶ֣כֶת הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַד־הַיּ֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א בְשָׁלֽוֹם׃
2 Samuel 19:25: 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:578 of Mova's parse database.
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