2 Samuel 21:2 · JPS 1917

And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them — now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah —

Who acts: king, Gibeonites, children, Saul · What happens: call, say, not be, swear, seek, slay · To what, where: Gibeonites, zeal · Speech: someone speaks here

This is 2 Samuel 21:2 · 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 (king, Gibeonites, children, Saul), 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 called	cc
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Gibeonites	det
6	Gibeonites	Gibeonite	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 called	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 said	cc
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	conj
10	unto	unto	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	obl
12	—	-	PUNCT	_	20 children	punct
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 children	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Gibeonites	det
15	Gibeonites	Gibeonite	PROPN	Number=Plur	20 children	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 children	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 children	advmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 children	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 children	det
20	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 said	ccomp
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 Israel	case
22	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 children	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 remnant	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 remnant	cc
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 remnant	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 remnant	det
27	remnant	remnant	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 children	conj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 Amorites	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Amorites	det
30	Amorites	Amorite	PROPN	Number=Plur	27 remnant	nmod
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	38 sworn	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 sworn	cc
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 children	det
34	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 sworn	nsubj
35	of	of	ADP	_	36 Israel	case
36	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 children	nmod
37	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	38 sworn	aux
38	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 called	conj
39	unto	unto	ADP	_	40 them	case
40	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 sworn	obl
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	44 sought	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	44 sought	cc
43	Saul	Saul	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 sought	nsubj
44	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	conj
45	to	to	PART	_	46 slay	mark
46	slay	slay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 sought	xcomp
47	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 slay	obj
48	in	in	ADP	_	50 zeal	case
49	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	50 zeal	nmod:poss
50	zeal	zeal	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 slay	obl
51	for	for	ADP	_	53 children	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 children	det
53	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	46 slay	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	55 Israel	case
55	Israel	Israel	PROPN	Number=Sing	53 children	nmod
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 Judah	cc
57	Judah	Judah	PROPN	Number=Sing	55 Israel	conj
58	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 called	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: assert
voice: narrator
polarity: none
teacher: changed voice=narrator

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	the king		the Gibeonites				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gibeonite=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	the king not said here					unto Gibeonites = gibeonite	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not is	past	the Gibeonites				now	of the children but the remnant of the Amorites; of Israel	tree rules
4	swear	past · perfect	the children of Israel					unto Gibeonites = gibeonite	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	seek	past	Saul						tree rules
6	slay not said to happen	to-infinitive	Saul not said here	Gibeonites = gibeonite		king's zeal		for the children of Israel and Judah	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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

וַיִּקְרָ֥א הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְהַגִּבְעֹנִ֞ים לֹ֣א מִבְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הֵ֗מָּה כִּ֚י אִם־מִיֶּ֣תֶר הָאֱמֹרִ֔י וּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נִשְׁבְּע֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁ שָׁאוּל֙ לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ לִבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִיהוּדָֽה׃

2 Samuel 21:2: 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:636 of Mova's parse database.

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