2 Samuel 20:21 · JPS 1917
The matter is not so; but a man of the hill-country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city.' And the woman said unto Joab: 'Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.'
Who acts: matter, man, I, woman · What happens: not be, lift up, deliver, depart, say, throw · To what, where: hand, David, man, city, head, wall · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 2 Samuel 20:21 · 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 (matter, man, I, woman), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 matter | det |
| 2 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 so | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 so | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 so | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 lifted | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 lifted | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 lifted | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 country | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 country | det |
| 12 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 country | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 hill | punct |
| 14 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 man | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Ephraim | case |
| 16 | Ephraim | Ephraim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 country | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 Sheba | punct |
| 18 | Sheba | Sheba | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 man | appos |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 son | det |
| 20 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Sheba | appos |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Bichri | case |
| 22 | Bichri | Bichri | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 son | nmod |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 name | case |
| 24 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 Bichri | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 man | punct |
| 26 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 lifted | aux |
| 27 | lifted | lift | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 so | conj |
| 28 | up | up | ADP | _ | 27 lifted | compound:prt |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 hand | nmod:poss |
| 30 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 lifted | obj |
| 31 | against | against | ADP | _ | 33 king | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 king | det |
| 33 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 lifted | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 David | punct |
| 35 | even | even | ADV | _ | 37 David | advmod |
| 36 | against | against | ADP | _ | 37 David | case |
| 37 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 lifted | obl |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 deliver | punct |
| 39 | deliver | deliver | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 so | parataxis |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 deliver | obj |
| 41 | only | only | ADV | _ | 39 deliver | advmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 depart | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 depart | cc |
| 44 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 depart | nsubj |
| 45 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 depart | aux |
| 46 | depart | depart | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 deliver | conj |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 city | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 city | det |
| 49 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 depart | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 so | punct |
| 51 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 55 said | punct |
| 52 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 said | cc |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 woman | det |
| 54 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 said | nsubj |
| 55 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 so | conj |
| 56 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 57 Joab | case |
| 57 | Joab | Joab | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 said | obl |
| 58 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 66 thrown | punct |
| 59 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 66 thrown | punct |
| 60 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 66 thrown | discourse |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 Behold | punct |
| 62 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 head | nmod:poss |
| 63 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 64 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 66 thrown | aux |
| 65 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 66 thrown | aux:pass |
| 66 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 said | ccomp |
| 67 | to | to | ADP | _ | 68 thee | case |
| 68 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 66 thrown | obl |
| 69 | over | over | ADP | _ | 71 wall | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 wall | det |
| 71 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 thrown | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 55 said | punct |
| 73 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 55 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed act=assert
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | the matter | so property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lift up | present · perfect | a man of the hill country of Ephraim | man's hand | David | against the king | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme against king=Destination against david=Initial_Location | ||
| 3 | deliver | infinitive | man | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||||
| 4 | depart | future | I | the city | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from city=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the woman | unto Joab | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | throw | shall · passive | Joab's head | the wall | to thee | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to thou=Destination |
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
לֹא־כֵ֣ן הַדָּבָ֗ר כִּ֡י אִישׁ֩ מֵהַ֨ר אֶפְרַ֜יִם שֶׁ֧בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֣י שְׁמ֗וֹ נָשָׂ֤א יָדוֹ֙ בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ בְּדָוִ֔ד תְּנֽוּ־אֹת֣וֹ לְבַדּ֔וֹ וְאֵלְכָ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל הָעִ֑יר וַתֹּ֤אמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב הִנֵּ֥ה רֹאשׁ֛וֹ מֻשְׁלָ֥ךְ אֵלֶ֖יךָ בְּעַ֥ד הַחוֹמָֽה׃
2 Samuel 20:21: 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:625 of Mova's parse database.
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