--- title: 2 Samuel 11:21 (JPS 1917) — who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an… · tree and pragmatics description: who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say: Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.' 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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 (woman, Abimelech, ye, 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:290 # text = who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall? then shalt thou say: Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.' 1 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Abimelech Abimelech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Jerubbesheth Jerubbesheth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 millstone millstone NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Thebez Thebez PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 29 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 nigh nigh ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 41 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 42 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 44 Uriah Uriah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Hittite Hittite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 ccomp _ _ 49 also also ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smite** | past | | Abimelech | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus abimelech=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **cast** | past · do-support | a woman | a upper millstone | | the wall | | upon Jerubbesheth | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent millstone=Product from wall=Material | | 3 | **die** | past | Abimelech | | | Thebez | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **go** | past | ye | | | | | nigh the wall | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | thou | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | Thy servant | | | | | dead *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} מִֽי־הִכָּ֞ה אֶת־אֲבִימֶ֣לֶךְ בֶּן־יְרֻבֶּ֗שֶׁת הֲלֽוֹא־אִשָּׁ֡ה הִשְׁלִ֣יכָה עָלָיו֩ פֶּ֨לַח רֶ֜כֶב מֵעַ֤ל הַֽחוֹמָה֙ וַיָּ֣מָת בְּתֵבֵ֔ץ לָ֥מָּה נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם אֶל־הַֽחוֹמָ֑ה וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ גַּ֗ם עַבְדְּךָ֛ אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַחִתִּ֖י מֵֽת׃ [2 Samuel 11:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.11.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:290` 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 11:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.289/) - next →: [2 Samuel 11:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.291/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 11:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.11.21/)