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title: 2 Samuel 5:20 (JPS 1917) — And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he s… · tree and pragmatics
description: And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said: 'The LORD hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters.' Therefore the name of that place was called Baal-perazim. Who acts: David, LORD. 2 Samuel 5:20 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of
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# 2 Samuel 5:20 · JPS 1917

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And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said: 'The LORD hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters.' Therefore the name of that place was called Baal-perazim.

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**Who acts:** David, LORD · **What happens:** come, smite, say, break, call, breach · **To what, where:** Baal, Philistines, enemies, name, waters, place · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Samuel 5:20 · 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, 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:147
# text = And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said: 'The LORD hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters.' Therefore the name of that place was called Baal-perazim.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Baal	Baal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	_
7	perazim	perazim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	smote	smite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
19	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	_
20	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
22	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	ccomp	_	_
24	mine	mine	PRON	PRP$	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
26	before	before	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	obl	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	like	like	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	breach	breach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
35	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
36	Therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	43	advmod	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	41	det	_	_
41	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
44	Baal	Baal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	_
45	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	46	punct	_	_
46	perazim	Baal-perazim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	xcomp	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	43	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | David |  |  | Baal |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to baal=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **smite** | past | David | Philistines *= philistine* |  | there |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **break** | present · perfect | the LORD | mine enemies |  |  | before me | like the breach of waters | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enemy=Patient |
| 5 | **call** | past · passive |  | the name of that place |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 6 | **breach** |  |  | waters |  |  |  |  | nom breach «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **name** |  |  | that place |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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וַיָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֥ד בְּבַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים֮בַֽעַל־פְּרָצִים֮ וַיַּכֵּ֣ם שָׁ֣ם דָּוִד֒ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר פָּרַ֨ץ יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־אֹיְבַ֛י לְפָנַ֖י כְּפֶ֣רֶץ מָ֑יִם עַל־כֵּ֗ן קָרָ֛א שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא בַּ֥עַל פְּרָצִֽים בַּ֥עַל פְּרָצִֽים׃

[2 Samuel 5:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.5.20/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:147` of Mova's parse database.

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