--- title: 2 Samuel 11:20 (JPS 1917) — it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee: W… · tree and pragmatics description: it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee: Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? Who acts: thing, wrath, ye, kings. 2 Samuel 11:20 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.289/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/) / [chapter 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/11/) / [11:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.11.20/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 11:20 · JPS 1917 it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee: Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? **Who acts:** thing, wrath, ye, kings · **What happens:** be, arise, say, go, fight, not know · **To what, where:** wall · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 11:20 · 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 (thing, wrath, ye, kings), 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:289 # text = it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee: Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 that that ADJ IN _ 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 arise arise VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 20 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 22 so so ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 30 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 shoot shoot VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | thing | | | | | that *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **arise** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the king's wrath | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | wrath | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | ye | | | | | unto the city; nigh, wherefore *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fight** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **know** | past | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 7 | **shoot** | would | kings *= king* | | | the wall | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from wall=Initial\_Location | 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} וְהָיָ֗ה אִֽם־תַּעֲלֶה֙ חֲמַ֣ת הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאָמַ֣ר לְךָ֔ מַדּ֛וּעַ נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם אֶל־הָעִ֖יר לְהִלָּחֵ֑ם הֲל֣וֹא יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יֹר֖וּ מֵעַ֥ל הַחוֹמָֽה׃ [2 Samuel 11:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.11.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:289` 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 11:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.288/) - next →: [2 Samuel 11:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.290/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 11:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.11.20/)