--- title: 2 Samuel 5:17 (JPS 1917) — And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Isr… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 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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 (Philistines, David), 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:144 # text = And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 anointed anoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 ccomp _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 31 down down ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 17 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 | **hear** | past | the Philistines | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **anoint** | past · passive | | David | | Israel | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result | | 3 | **go up** | past | all Philistines | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **seek** | to-infinitive | all Philistines *not said here* | David | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent david=Theme | | 5 | **hear** | past | David | | | | | of sake | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of it=Stimulus | | 6 | **go down** | past | all Philistines *not said here* | | | | | to the hold | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים כִּי־מָשְׁח֨וּ אֶת־דָּוִ֤ד לְמֶ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיַּעֲל֥וּ כָל־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים לְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־דָּוִ֑ד וַיִּשְׁמַ֣ע דָּוִ֔ד וַיֵּ֖רֶד אֶל־הַמְּצוּדָֽה׃ [2 Samuel 5:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.5.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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