--- title: 2 Samuel 4:8 (JPS 1917) — And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and s… · tree and pragmatics description: And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king: 'Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.' 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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 (Baanah, enemy, LORD), 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:121 # text = And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king: 'Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Ish Ish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ _ 9 bosheth bosheth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Hebron Hebron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 22 Behold behold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Ish Ish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 bosheth bosheth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 avenged avenge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | Baanah | the head of Ish bosheth | Hebron | | | unto David | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme to hebron=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Baanah *not said here* | | | | | to the king | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to king=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 3 | **behold** | infinitive | | the head Ish bosheth | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus | | 4 | **seek** | past | thine enemy | thy life | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme | | 5 | **avenge** | present · perfect | the LORD | my lord | | | day | of Saul and son's seed | 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} וַ֠יָּבִאוּ אֶת־רֹ֨אשׁ אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֥שֶׁתאִֽישׁ־בֹּ֥שֶׁת אֶל־דָּוִד֮ חֶבְרוֹן֒ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הִנֵּֽה־רֹ֣אשׁ אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֗שֶׁתאִֽישׁ־בֹּ֗שֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁאוּל֙ אֹֽיִבְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּקֵּ֖שׁ אֶת־נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וַיִּתֵּ֣ן יְ֠הוָה לַֽאדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ נְקָמוֹת֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה מִשָּׁא֖וּל וּמִזַּרְעֽוֹ׃ס [2 Samuel 4:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.4.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:121` 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 4:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.120/) - next →: [2 Samuel 4:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.122/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 4:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.4.8/)