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title: 2 Samuel 12:8 (JPS 1917) — and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy… · tree and pragmatics
description: and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that were too little, then would I add unto thee so much more. Who acts: I, that, thy. 2 Samuel 12:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clau
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# 2 Samuel 12:8 · JPS 1917

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and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that were too little, then would I add unto thee so much more.

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**Who acts:** I, that, thy · **What happens:** give, be, add, bosom · **To what, where:** house, thee, bosom, more

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This is 2 Samuel 12:8 · 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 (I, that, thy), 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:307
# text = and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that were too little, then would I add unto thee so much more.
1	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	iobj	_	_
5	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	wives	wife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	bosom	bosom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	iobj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Judah	Judah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	40	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
31	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
32	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	35	nsubj	_	_
33	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	too	too	ADV	RB	_	35	advmod	_	_
35	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	advcl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	40	advmod	_	_
38	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
40	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
41	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	40	obl	_	_
43	so	so	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
44	much	much	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	40	obj	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | I | thy master's house and thy master's wives | thee | thy bosom |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient house=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | past | I *not said here* | the house of Israel and Judah | thee |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient house=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | that |  |  |  |  | little *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **add** *speech: assert* | would | I | more |  |  | then | unto thee | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient |
| 5 | **bosom** |  | thy |  |  |  |  |  | nom bosom «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וָאֶתְּנָ֨ה לְךָ֜ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית אֲדֹנֶ֗יךָ וְאֶת־נְשֵׁ֤י אֲדֹנֶ֙יךָ֙ בְּחֵיקֶ֔ךָ וָאֶתְּנָ֣ה לְךָ֔ אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִֽיהוּדָ֑ה וְאִ֨ם־מְעָ֔ט וְאֹסִ֥פָה לְּךָ֖ כָּהֵ֥נָּה וְכָהֵֽנָּה׃

[2 Samuel 12:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.8/)

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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:307` of Mova's parse database.

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