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title: 2 Samuel 7:23 (JPS 1917) — And who is like Thy people, like Israel, a nation one in the earth,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And who is like Thy people, like Israel, a nation one in the earth, whom God went to redeem unto Himself for a people, and to make Him a name, and to do for Thy land great things and tremendous, even for you, in driving out from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem to Thee out of Egypt, the nat
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# 2 Samuel 7:23 · JPS 1917

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And who is like Thy people, like Israel, a nation one in the earth, whom God went to redeem unto Himself for a people, and to make Him a name, and to do for Thy land great things and tremendous, even for you, in driving out from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem to Thee out of Egypt, the nations and their gods?

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**Who acts:** God, Thou · **What happens:** be, go, redeem, make, do, drive out · **To what, where:** nation, name, God, great things, people, Egypt

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This is 2 Samuel 7:23 · 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 (God, Thou), 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:201
# text = And who is like Thy people, like Israel, a nation one in the earth, whom God went to redeem unto Himself for a people, and to make Him a name, and to do for Thy land great things and tremendous, even for you, in driving out from before Thy people, whom Thou didst redeem to Thee out of Egypt, the nations and their gods?
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	amod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	obj	_	_
19	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	redeem	redeem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
23	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	Himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	22	obl	_	_
25	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	conj	_	_
32	Him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	conj	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obj	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	tremendous	tremendous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	conj	_	_
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	even	even	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	38	obl	_	_
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
51	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
52	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	38	advcl	_	_
53	out	out	ADP	RP	_	52	compound:prt	_	_
54	from	from	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	before	before	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	_
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	62	obj	_	_
60	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	62	nsubj	_	_
61	didst	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	aux	_	_
62	redeem	redeem	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	57	acl:relcl	_	_
63	to	to	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	62	obl	_	_
65	out	out	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	Egypt	Egypt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	nations	nation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	appos	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	conj	_	_
74	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: yes/no question
- act: evaluate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: pos
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like Thy people; like Israel | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past | God | a nation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **redeem** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto God; for a people | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for people=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | a name | God |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset he=Beneficiary name=Product |
| 5 | **do** | to-infinitive | God *not said here* | great things |  |  |  | for Thy land; for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
| 6 | **drive out** | gerund | God *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from Thy people | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from people=Trajectory |
| 7 | **redeem** | past · do-support | Thou | Thy people |  | Egypt |  | to Thee | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent whom=Theme out egypt=Source |

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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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וּמִ֤י כְעַמְּךָ֙ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל גּ֥וֹי אֶחָ֖ד בָּאָ֑רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָלְכֽוּ־אֱ֠לֹהִים לִפְדּֽוֹת־ל֨וֹ לְעָ֜ם וְלָשׂ֧וּם ל֣וֹ שֵׁ֗ם וְלַעֲשׂ֨וֹת לָכֶ֜ם הַגְּדוּלָּ֤ה וְנֹֽרָאוֹת֙ לְאַרְצֶ֔ךָ מִפְּנֵ֣י עַמְּךָ֗ אֲשֶׁ֨ר פָּדִ֤יתָ לְּךָ֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם גּוֹיִ֖ם וֵאלֹהָֽיו׃

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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:201` 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.

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