--- title: 2 Samuel 4:2 (JPS 1917) — And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of… · tree and pragmatics description: And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin; Who acts: son, two men, name. 2 Samuel 4:2 in JPS 1917 with its dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.113/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/) / [chapter 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/4/) / [4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.4.2/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 4:2 · JPS 1917 And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin; **Who acts:** son, two men, name · **What happens:** have, be, reckon, name · **To what, where:** two men, captains, Baanah, Beeroth, Benjamin, one This is 2 Samuel 4:2 · 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 (son, two men, name), 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:113 # text = And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands; the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin; for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 captains captain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 bands band NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 Baanah Baanah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 Rechab Rechab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 appos _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Rimmon Rimmon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Beerothite Beerothite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 43 for for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 44 Beeroth Beeroth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 also also ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 46 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 reckoned reckon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#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 | **have** | past | Saul's son | two men | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | two men | captains | | | | of bands | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | the name of the one | Baanah and the name of the other Rechab | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **reckon** | present · passive | | Beeroth | Benjamin | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute | | 5 | **name** | | | the one | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **name** | | | the other Rechab | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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 {#hebrew} וּשְׁנֵ֣י אֲנָשִׁ֣ים שָׂרֵֽי־גְדוּדִ֣ים הָי֪וּ בֶן־שָׁא֟וּל שֵׁם֩ הָאֶחָ֨ד בַּֽעֲנָ֜ה וְשֵׁ֧ם הַשֵּׁנִ֣י רֵכָ֗ב בְּנֵ֛י רִמּ֥וֹן הַבְּאֶֽרֹתִ֖י מִבְּנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ן כִּ֚י גַּם־בְּאֵר֔וֹת תֵּחָשֵׁ֖ב עַל־בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ [2 Samuel 4:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.4.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:113` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Samuel 4:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.112/) - next →: [2 Samuel 4:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.114/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.4.2/)