--- title: 2 Samuel 3:29 (JPS 1917) — let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house;… · tree and pragmatics description: let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.' 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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 (you, blood, one, that), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:2SA:100 # text = let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lacketh bread.' 1 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Joab Joab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 22 expl _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Joab Joab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nsubj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 issue issue NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 leper leper NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 leaneth lean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 falleth fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 or or CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 56 lacketh lack VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 57 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | blood | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | infinitive | blood *not said here* | | | the head of Joab and Joab's father's house | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon head=Location | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **fail** | infinitive | one | | | the house of Joab; there | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **have** | present | | a issue | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent issue=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | present | that | a leper | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lean** | present | that | | | a staff | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on staff=Location | | 8 | **fall** | present | that | | | | | by the sword | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by sword=Location | | 9 | **lack** | present | that | bread | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#hebrew} יָחֻ֙לוּ֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ יוֹאָ֔ב וְאֶ֖ל כָּל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֑יו וְֽאַל־יִכָּרֵ֣ת מִבֵּ֣ית יוֹאָ֡ב זָ֠ב וּמְצֹרָ֞ע וּמַחֲזִ֥יק בַּפֶּ֛לֶךְ וְנֹפֵ֥ל בַּחֶ֖רֶב וַחֲסַר־לָֽחֶם׃ [2 Samuel 3:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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