2 Samuel 20:3 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them.
Who acts: David, king · What happens: come, take, leave, keep, put, provide · To what, where: Jerusalem, concubines, house, ward
This is 2 Samuel 20:3 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 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 (David, 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 | _ | 3 came | cc |
| 2 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 house | nmod:poss |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Jerusalem | case |
| 8 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 took | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 took | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 took | nsubj |
| 13 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 came | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 women | det |
| 15 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 women | nummod |
| 16 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 concubines | nmod |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 concubines | nmod:poss |
| 18 | concubines | concubine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 took | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 left | punct |
| 20 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 left | obj |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 left | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 left | aux |
| 23 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 concubines | acl:relcl |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 keep | mark |
| 25 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 left | advcl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 house | det |
| 27 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 keep | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 put | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 put | cc |
| 30 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 took | conj |
| 31 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 put | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 ward | case |
| 33 | ward | ward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 put | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 provided | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 provided | cc |
| 36 | provided | provide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 took | conj |
| 37 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 provided | obj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 sustenance | case |
| 39 | sustenance | sustenance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 provided | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 went | punct |
| 41 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 42 went | cc |
| 42 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 took | conj |
| 43 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 went | advmod |
| 44 | in | in | ADV | _ | 42 went | advmod |
| 45 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 46 them | case |
| 46 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 went | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 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 | past | David | Jerusalem | to David's house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | take | past | the king | David's concubines the ten women | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concubine=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | past · perfect | David | David's concubines the ten women | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | ||||
| 4 | keep | to-infinitive | David not said here | the house | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | ||||
| 5 | put | past | the king not said here | concubines = concubine | ward | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in ward=Destination | |||
| 6 | provide | past | the king not said here | concubines = concubine | with sustenance | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with sustenance=Theme | |||
| 7 | not go | past | the king not said here | unto concubines = concubine | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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
וַיָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֣ד אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֮ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֵ֣ת עֶֽשֶׂר־נָשִׁ֣ים ׀ פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִנִּיחַ֩ לִשְׁמֹ֨ר הַבַּ֜יִת וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם בֵּית־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹא־בָ֑א וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה צְרֻר֛וֹת עַד־י֥וֹם מֻתָ֖ן אַלְמְנ֥וּת חַיּֽוּת׃ס
2 Samuel 20:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them.
- So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:2SA:603 of Mova's parse database.
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