--- title: 2 Samuel 5:8 (JPS 1917) — And David said on that day: 'Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and ge… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said on that day: 'Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and getteth up to the gutter, and taketh away the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul — .' Wherefore they say: 'There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.' 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Wherefore they say: 'There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.' **Who acts:** David, Whosoever, Jebusites, blind · **What happens:** say, smite, get up, take away, hate, be · **To what, where:** Jebusites, lame, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 5:8 · 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 (David, Whosoever, Jebusites, blind), 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:134 # text = And David said on that day: 'Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, and getteth up to the gutter, and taketh away the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul — .' Wherefore they say: 'There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 9 Whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 smiteth smite VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Jebusites Jebusite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 getteth get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 gutter gutter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 taketh take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 lame lame NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 blind blind NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 hated hate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 — — PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 40 Wherefore wherefore ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 43 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 45 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ _ 46 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 blind blind NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 lame lame NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 54 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 56 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 parataxis _ _ 57 into into ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **smite** | present | Whosoever | the Jebusites | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus jebusite=Experiencer | | 3 | **get up** | present | Whosoever *not said here* | | | | | to the gutter *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to gutter=Result | | 4 | **take away** | present | Whosoever *not said here* | the lame and the blind | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lame=Theme | | 5 | **hate** | present · passive | | the lame and the blind | | | | of David's soul | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Jebusites *= jebusite* | | | | | wherefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **does** | present | the blind and the lame | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **not** **come** | can | David | | | the house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא כָּל־מַכֵּ֤ה יְבֻסִי֙ וְיִגַּ֣ע בַּצִּנּ֔וֹר וְאֶת־הַפִּסְחִים֙ וְאֶת־הַ֣עִוְרִ֔ים שְׂנֻאֵ֖י נֶ֣פֶשׁ דָּוִ֑ד עַל־כֵּן֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ עִוֵּ֣ר וּפִסֵּ֔חַ לֹ֥א יָב֖וֹא אֶל־הַבָּֽיִת׃ [2 Samuel 5:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.5.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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