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title: 2 Samuel 6:16 (JPS 1917) — And it was so, as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, t… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it was so, as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. Who acts: ark, Michal, king. 2 Samuel 6:16 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and
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# 2 Samuel 6:16 · JPS 1917

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And it was so, as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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**Who acts:** ark, Michal, king · **What happens:** be, come, look out, see, leap, dance · **To what, where:** city, window, king, David, heart

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This is 2 Samuel 6:16 · 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 (ark, Michal, king), 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:168
# text = And it was so, as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	expl	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ark	ark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	advcl	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
20	Michal	Michal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
26	out	out	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
33	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
34	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
35	leaping	leap	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	32	xcomp	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	35	conj	_	_
38	before	before	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	44	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
43	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	despised	despise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
45	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	_
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | so *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the ark of the LORD |  |  | the city of David |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into city=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **look out** | past | Michal |  |  | the window |  | out *property* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **see** | past | Michal *not said here* | king |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **leap** | gerund | king *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **dance** | gerund | king *not said here* |  |  |  | before the LORD |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before lord=Location |
| 7 | **despise** | past | Michal | David |  | Michal's heart |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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וְהָיָה֙ אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה בָּ֖א עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וּמִיכַ֨ל בַּת־שָׁא֜וּל נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה ׀ בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֗וֹן וַתֵּ֨רֶא אֶת־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִד֙ מְפַזֵּ֤ז וּמְכַרְכֵּר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַתִּ֥בֶז ל֖וֹ בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃

[2 Samuel 6:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.16/)

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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:168` of Mova's parse database.

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