--- title: 2 Samuel 9:3 (JPS 1917) — And the king said: 'Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king said: 'Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him?' And Ziba said unto the king: 'Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame on his feet.' 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And Ziba said unto the king: 'Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame on his feet.' **Who acts:** king, any, I, Ziba, Jonathan, son · **What happens:** say, not be, show, have, be · **To what, where:** kindness, son, feet · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 9:3 · 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 (king, any, I, Ziba), 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:231 # text = And the king said: 'Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him?' And Ziba said unto the king: 'Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame on his feet.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 7 Is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 9 not not ADV RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 10 yet yet ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 Ziba Ziba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 40 yet yet ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 lame lame ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 acl:relcl _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: evaluate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **be** | present | any | | | there | yet | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **show** | may | I | the kindness of God | | | | unto king | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ziba | | | | | unto the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | present | Jonathan | a son | | | yet | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | a son | | | king's feet | | lame *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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ הַאֶ֨פֶס ע֥וֹד אִישׁ֙ לְבֵ֣ית שָׁא֔וּל וְאֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה עִמּ֖וֹ חֶ֣סֶד אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר צִיבָא֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ ע֛וֹד בֵּ֥ן לִיהוֹנָתָ֖ן נְכֵ֥ה רַגְלָֽיִם׃ [2 Samuel 9:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.9.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:231` 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 9:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.230/) - next →: [2 Samuel 9:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.232/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 9:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.9.3/)