--- title: 2 Samuel 10:3 (JPS 1917) — But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord:… · tree and pragmatics description: But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?' 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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 (princes, thou, David), 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:247 # text = But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord: 'Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Hanun Hanun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Thinkest think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 honour honour VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 29 comforters comforter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 32 ? ? PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ 33 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 ccomp _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 obl _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 spy spy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 overthrow overthrow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 conj _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 ? ? PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princes of the children of Ammon | | | | | unto Hanun | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | thou | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **honour** | present · do-support | David | thy father | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | present · perfect | David | comforters | | | | unto thee | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comforter=Theme | | 5 | **not** **send** | present · perfect | David | David's servants | | | | unto thee | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Theme | | 6 | **search** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | the city | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent city=Location | | 7 | **spy out** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | city | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 8 | **overthrow** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | city | | | | | 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} וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ שָׂרֵ֨י בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֜וֹן אֶל־חָנ֣וּן אֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֗ם הַֽמְכַבֵּ֨ד דָּוִ֤ד אֶת־אָבִ֙יךָ֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־שָׁלַ֥ח לְךָ֖ מְנַֽחֲמִ֑ים הֲ֠לוֹא בַּעֲב֞וּר חֲק֤וֹר אֶת־הָעִיר֙ וּלְרַגְּלָ֣הּ וּלְהָפְכָ֔הּ שָׁלַ֥ח דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־עֲבָדָ֖יו אֵלֶֽיךָ׃ [2 Samuel 10:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.10.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:247` 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 10:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.246/) - next →: [2 Samuel 10:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.248/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 10:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.10.3/)