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title: 2 Samuel 10:6 (JPS 1917) — And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to D… · tree and pragmatics
description: And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob, and the Arameans of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men. Who acts: children. 2 Sam
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# 2 Samuel 10:6 · JPS 1917

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And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob, and the Arameans of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.

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**Who acts:** children · **What happens:** see, become, send, hire · **To what, where:** Arameans · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Samuel 10:6 · 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 (children), 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:251
# text = And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob, and the Arameans of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Ammon	Ammon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
12	odious	odious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Ammon	Ammon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	hired	hire	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Arameans	Aramean	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	22	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	28	punct	_	_
28	rehob	rehob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	flat	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Arameans	Aramean	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Zobah	Zobah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	37	compound	_	_
37	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
38	footmen	footman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	appos	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Maacah	Maacah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	with	with	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	48	nummod	_	_
48	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	_
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	Tob	Tob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	_
55	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	56	compound	_	_
56	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	57	nummod	_	_
57	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	appos	_	_
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the children of Ammon |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **become** | past · passive | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | odious *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **send** | past | the children of Ammon |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **hire** | past | the children of Ammon *not said here* | the Arameans of Beth and the Arameans of Zobah and the king of Maacah with thousand men and the men of Tob |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aramean=Theme |

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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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וַיִּרְאוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן כִּ֥י נִבְאֲשׁ֖וּ בְּדָוִ֑ד וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ בְנֵֽי־עַמּ֡וֹן וַיִּשְׂכְּרוּ֩ אֶת־אֲרַ֨מ בֵּית־רְח֜וֹב אֲרַ֨מ בֵּית־רְח֜וֹבאֲרַ֨מ בֵּית־רְח֜וֹב וְאֶת־אֲרַ֣מ צוֹבָ֗א אֲרַ֣מ צוֹבָ֗א עֶשְׂרִ֥ים אֶ֙לֶף֙ רַגְלִ֔י וְאֶת־מֶ֤לֶךְ מַֽעֲכָה֙ אֶ֣לֶף אִ֔ישׁ וְאִ֣ישׁ ט֔וֹב שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר אֶ֖לֶף אִֽישׁ׃

[2 Samuel 10:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.10.6/)

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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:251` of Mova's parse database.

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