--- title: 2 Samuel 6:20 (JPS 1917) — And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said: 'H… · tree and pragmatics description: And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said: 'How did the king of Israel get him honour to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!' 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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 (Michal, king, one), 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:174 # text = And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said: 'How did the king of Israel get him honour to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 Michal Michal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 out out ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 11 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 15 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 17 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 23 advmod _ _ 18 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 uncovered uncover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 32 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 obj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 handmaids handmaid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 46 as as SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nsubj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 52 shamelessly shamelessly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 uncovereth uncover VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 54 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 53 obj _ _ 55 ! ! PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: exclamation - act: evaluate - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=evaluate, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | Michal | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Michal *not said here* | David | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent david=Co-Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Michal *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **get** | past · do-support | the king of Israel | honour | David | | day | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary honour=Theme | | 5 | **uncover** | past | the king of Israel | David | | the eyes of the handmaids of David's servants | day | | tree rules | | 6 | **uncover** | present | one of the vain fellows | David | | | | shamelessly *property* | tree rules | 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} וַיָּ֥שָׁב דָּוִ֖ד לְבָרֵ֣ךְ אֶת־בֵּית֑וֹ וַתֵּצֵ֞א מִיכַ֤ל בַּת־שָׁאוּל֙ לִקְרַ֣את דָּוִ֔ד וַתֹּ֗אמֶר מַה־נִּכְבַּ֨ד הַיּ֜וֹם מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִגְלָ֤ה הַיּוֹם֙ לְעֵינֵ֨י אַמְה֣וֹת עֲבָדָ֔יו כְּהִגָּל֥וֹת נִגְל֖וֹת אַחַ֥ד הָרֵקִֽים׃ [2 Samuel 6:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.20/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Then David returned to bless his household.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.173/) 2. **And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said: 'How did the king of Israel get him honour to-day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:174` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [2 Samuel 6:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.173/) - next →: [2 Samuel 6:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.175/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 6:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.6.20/)