--- title: 2 Samuel 6:12 (JPS 1917) — And it was told king David, saying: 'The LORD hath blessed the house… · tree and pragmatics description: And it was told king David, saying: 'The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God.' And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy. 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And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy. **Who acts:** LORD, David · **What happens:** tell, say, bless, pertain, go, bring up · **To what, where:** ark, king David, house · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 6:12 · 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 (LORD, 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:164 # text = And it was told king David, saying: 'The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God.' And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 11 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 ccomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 Obed Obed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ _ 20 edom edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 all all PRON NN PronType=Tot 16 conj _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 pertaineth pertain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 32 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 29 fixed _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 Obed Obed PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ _ 53 edom edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | ark | king David | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient david=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **bless** | present · perfect | the LORD | the house of Obed edom | | | | because the ark of God | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 4 | **pertain** | present | | | | | | unto LORD | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past | David | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bring up** | past | David *not said here* | the ark of God | | the house of Obed edom | | into the city of David; with joy | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent ark=Patient with joy=Instrument | 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} וַיֻּגַּ֗ד לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִד֮ לֵאמֹר֒ בֵּרַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־בֵּ֨ית עֹבֵ֤ד אֱדֹם֙ עֹבֵ֤ד אֱדֹם֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ בַּעֲב֖וּר אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד וַיַּעַל֩ אֶת־אֲר֨וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים מִבֵּ֨ית עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם עֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם עִ֥יר דָּוִ֖ד בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃ [2 Samuel 6:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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