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title: 2 Samuel 7:29 (JPS 1917) — now therefore let it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant,… · tree and pragmatics
description: now therefore let it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue for ever before Thee; for Thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it; and through Thy blessing let the house of Thy servant be blessed for ever.' Who acts: you, servant, Thou, house. 2 Samuel 7:29 in JPS 1917 with its dep
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# 2 Samuel 7:29 · JPS 1917

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now therefore let it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue for ever before Thee; for Thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it; and through Thy blessing let the house of Thy servant be blessed for ever.'

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**Who acts:** you, servant, Thou, house, Thy · **What happens:** let, please, bless, continue, speak · **To what, where:** servant, Thee, house, blessing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Samuel 7:29 · 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 (you, servant, Thou, house), 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:207
# text = now therefore let it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may continue for ever before Thee; for Thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it; and through Thy blessing let the house of Thy servant be blessed for ever.'
1	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	please	please	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	bless	bless	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	18	obl	_	_
21	before	before	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	obl	_	_
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
24	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
25	Thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	32	nsubj	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	29	discourse	_	_
28	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	GOD	GOD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	appos	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
31	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
33	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	_
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	39	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
36	through	through	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	blessing	blessing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
39	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	aux:pass	_	_
46	blessed	bless	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	xcomp	_	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	46	obl	_	_
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
50	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | servant |  |  | now | therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **please** | infinitive | you *not said here* | Thee |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer |
| 3 | **bless** | to-infinitive |  | the house of Thy servant |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
| 4 | **continue** | may | servant |  |  |  | before Thee |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | Thou | servant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **let** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | the house of Thy servant |  | Thy blessing |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **bless** | infinitive · passive | the house of Thy servant *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: for ever=Attribute |
| 8 | **bless** |  | Thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וְעַתָּ֗ה הוֹאֵל֙ וּבָרֵךְ֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית עַבְדְּךָ֔ לִהְי֥וֹת לְעוֹלָ֖ם לְפָנֶ֑יךָ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֞ה אֲדֹנָ֤י יְהוִה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתָּ וּמִבִּרְכָ֣תְךָ֔ יְבֹרַ֥ךְ בֵּֽית־עַבְדְּךָ֖ לְעוֹלָֽם׃פ

[2 Samuel 7:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.7.29/)

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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:207` of Mova's parse database.

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