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title: 2 Samuel 19:27 — And he answered: 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy s… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: And he answered: 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said: I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame. Who acts: king, servant, I. 2 Samuel 19:27 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragm
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# 2 Samuel 19:27 שְׁמוּאֵל ב

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**Who acts:** king, servant, I · **What happens:** answer, deceive, say, saddle, ride, go · **To what, where:** me, ass · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is 2 Samuel 19:27 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — king, servant, I — and what happens in the verse to me, ass, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 24 chapters of 2 Samuel on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַבְדִּ֣י רִמָּ֑נִי כִּֽי־אָמַ֨ר עַבְדְּךָ֜ אֶחְבְּשָׁה־לִּי֩ הַחֲמ֨וֹר וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ וְאֵלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֥י פִסֵּ֖חַ עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

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[And he answered: 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said: I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.580/)

## The tree {#tree}

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Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss.

```conllu rtl gloss
# sent_id = wlc:2SA:514
# text = וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ עַבְדִּ֣י רִמָּ֑נִי כִּֽי־אָמַ֨ר עַבְדְּךָ֜ אֶחְבְּשָׁה־לִּי֩ הַחֲמ֨וֹר וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ וְאֵלֵ֣ךְ אֶת־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּ֥י פִסֵּ֖חַ עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃
# verse = 2SA.19.27
1-2	וַיֹּאמַ֕ר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_19:27!1|MId=o100190270011|Strong=2050b
2	יֹּאמַ֕ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_19:27!1|MId=o100190270012|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100190250012;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	אֲדֹנִ֥י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	אֲדֹנ	אָדוֹן	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	dislocated	_	Gloss=my.lord|Ref=2SA_19:27!2|MId=o100190270021|Strong=0113
4	ִ֥י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my|Ref=2SA_19:27!2|MId=o100190270022|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
5-6	הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
5	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	6	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_19:27!3|MId=o100190270031|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
6	מֶּ֖לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	3	appos	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_19:27!3|MId=o100190270032|Strong=4428
7-8	עַבְדִּ֣י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	עַבְדּ	עֶבֶד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	Gloss=servant|Ref=2SA_19:27!4|MId=o100190270041|Strong=5650
8	ִ֣י	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=my|Ref=2SA_19:27!4|MId=o100190270042|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
9-10	רִמָּ֑נִי	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	רִמּ	רָמָה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=PIEL|Number=Sing|Person=3	2	ccomp	_	Gloss=he|Ref=2SA_19:27!5|MId=o100190270051|Strong=7411a|Frame=A0:100190270041;A1:100190270052;|Type=qatal
10	ָ֑נִי	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	Gloss=betrayed.me|Ref=2SA_19:27!5|MId=o100190270052|Strong=5204a|Type=pronominal
11	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	12	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2SA_19:27!6|MId=o100190270061|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
12	אָמַ֨ר	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=3	9	advcl	_	Gloss=he.said|Ref=2SA_19:27!7|MId=o100190270071|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:100190270081;|Type=qatal
13-14	עַבְדְּךָ֜	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
13	עַבְדּ	עֶבֶד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	Gloss=servant|Ref=2SA_19:27!8|MId=o100190270081|Strong=5650
14	ְךָ֜	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=2SA_19:27!8|MId=o100190270082|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
15	אֶחְבְּשָׁה־	חָבַשׁ	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	12	ccomp	_	Gloss=let.me.saddle|Ref=2SA_19:27!9|MId=o100190270091|Strong=2280|Frame=A0:100190270081;A1:100190270112;|Type=yiqtol|SpaceAfter=No
16-17	לִּי֩	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	לּ	לְ	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	Gloss=for|Ref=2SA_19:27!10|MId=o100190270101|Strong=3807a
17	ִי֩	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Com|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obl	_	Gloss=myself|Ref=2SA_19:27!10|MId=o100190270102|Strong=2967a|Type=pronominal
18-19	הַחֲמ֨וֹר	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
18	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	19	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_19:27!11|MId=o100190270111|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
19	חֲמ֨וֹר	חֲמוֹר	NOUN	_	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	Gloss=donkey|Ref=2SA_19:27!11|MId=o100190270112|Strong=2543
20-21	וְאֶרְכַּ֤ב	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
20	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	Gloss=so|Ref=2SA_19:27!12|MId=o100190270121|Strong=2050b
21	אֶרְכַּ֤ב	רָכַב	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	15	conj	_	Gloss=that.I.may.ride|Ref=2SA_19:27!12|MId=o100190270122|Strong=7392|Frame=A0:100190270081;|Type=yiqtol
22-23	עָלֶ֙יהָ֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
22	עָלֶ֙י	עַל	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	Gloss=on|Ref=2SA_19:27!13|MId=o100190270131|Strong=5921
23	הָ֙	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	Gloss=it|Ref=2SA_19:27!13|MId=o100190270132|Strong=1886d|Type=pronominal
24-25	וְאֵלֵ֣ךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
24	וְ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	25	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=2SA_19:27!14|MId=o100190270141|Strong=2050b
25	אֵלֵ֣ךְ	הלך	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=1	15	conj	_	Gloss=so.that.I.may.go|Ref=2SA_19:27!14|MId=o100190270142|Strong=1980|Frame=A0:100190270081;|Type=yiqtol
26	אֶת־	אֵת	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=with|Ref=2SA_19:27!15|MId=o100190270151|Strong=0854|SpaceAfter=No
27-28	הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	הַ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	28	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=2SA_19:27!16|MId=o100190270161|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
28	מֶּ֔לֶךְ	מֶלֶךְ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	25	obl	_	Gloss=king|Ref=2SA_19:27!16|MId=o100190270162|Strong=4428
29	כִּ֥י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	30	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=2SA_19:27!17|MId=o100190270171|Strong=3588
30	פִסֵּ֖חַ	פִּסֵּחַ	ADJ	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	15	advcl	_	Gloss=[is].lame|Ref=2SA_19:27!18|MId=o100190270181|Strong=6455|Type=adjective
31-32	עַבְדֶּֽךָ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
31	עַבְדּ	עֶבֶד	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	Gloss=servant|Ref=2SA_19:27!19|MId=o100190270191|Strong=5650
32	ֶֽךָ	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	Gloss=your|Ref=2SA_19:27!19|MId=o100190270192|Strong=3509b|Type=pronominal
33	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	32	punct	_	Ref=2SA_19:27!19
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יֹּאמַר *he said* | wayyiqtol · qal |  |  |  |  |
| רִמּ *he* | qatal · piel | עַבְדּ *servant* | ָנִי *betrayed me* |  |  |
| אָמַר *he said* | qatal · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* |  |  |  |
| אֶחְבְּשָׁה־ *let me saddle* | yiqtol · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* | חֲמוֹר *donkey* |  |  |
| אֶרְכַּב *that I may ride* | yiqtol · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* |  |  |  |
| אֵלֵךְ *so that I may go* | yiqtol · qal | עַבְדּ *servant* |  |  |  |

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MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen.

## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos}

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וַאֲמַר רִבּוֹנִי מַלְכָּא עַבְדִי שְׁקַר כִּי אֲרֵי אֲמַר עַבְדָךְ אֶחֱשׁוֹק לִי חֲמָרָא וְאֶרְכּוּב עֲלָהּ וְאֵיהַךְ עִם מַלְכָּא אֲרֵי חַגִיר עַבְדָךְ:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in.

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1. [And he answered: 'My lord, O king, my servant deceived me; for thy servant said: I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go with the king; because thy servant is lame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.580/)

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**Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain.

**English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:2SA:514`.

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