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title: 2 Samuel 9:7 (JPS 1917) — And David said unto him: 'Fear not; for I will surely show thee kind… · tree and pragmatics
description: And David said unto him: 'Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.' Who acts: David, I, thou. 2 Samuel 9:7 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragm
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# 2 Samuel 9:7 · JPS 1917

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And David said unto him: 'Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.'

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**Who acts:** David, I, thou · **What happens:** say, not fear, show, restore, eat · **To what, where:** kindness, thee, land, bread, table · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Samuel 9:7 · 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 (David, I, 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:236
# text = And David said unto him: 'Fear not; for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Fear	fear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
11	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	surely	surely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
16	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	iobj	_	_
17	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
19	Jonathan	Jonathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	_
20	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
27	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
28	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	27	iobj	_	_
29	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	31	det:predet	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	_
36	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	40	nsubj	_	_
39	shalt	shall	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
40	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
41	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	_
42	at	at	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
44	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
45	continually	continually	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
47	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- indirect: yes
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David |  |  |  |  | unto Mephibosheth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **fear** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **show** | future | I | kindness | thee |  |  | for Jonathan's sake; surely *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient kindness=Topic |
| 4 | **restore** | future | I *not said here* | all land of Saul | thee |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **eat** | shall | thou | bread |  | my table |  | continually *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |

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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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וַיֹּאמֶר֩ ל֨וֹ דָוִ֜ד אַל־תִּירָ֗א כִּ֣י עָשֹׂה֩ אֶעֱשֶׂ֨ה עִמְּךָ֥ חֶ֙סֶד֙ בַּֽעֲבוּר֙ יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן אָבִ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֣י לְךָ֔ אֶֽת־כָּל־שְׂדֵ֖ה שָׁא֣וּל אָבִ֑יךָ וְאַתָּ֗ה תֹּ֥אכַל לֶ֛חֶם עַל־שֻׁלְחָנִ֖י תָּמִֽיד׃

[2 Samuel 9:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.9.7/)

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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:236` of Mova's parse database.

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