--- title: 2 Samuel 12:10 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from thy house; because… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised Me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 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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 (sword, 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:310 # text = Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from thy house; because thou hast despised Me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 15 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Uriah Uriah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Hittite Hittite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 appos _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 advcl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **depart** | shall | the sword | | | thy house | now | therefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **despise** | present · perfect | thou | Me | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 3 | **take** | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | | the wife of Uriah | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument wife=Destination | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | thy wife | | | | | 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} וְעַתָּ֗ה לֹא־תָס֥וּר חֶ֛רֶב מִבֵּיתְךָ֖ עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם עֵ֚קֶב כִּ֣י בְזִתָ֔נִי וַתִּקַּ֗ח אֶת־אֵ֙שֶׁת֙ אוּרִיָּ֣ה הַחִתִּ֔י לִהְי֥וֹת לְךָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ס [2 Samuel 12:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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