--- title: 2 Samuel 12:13 (JPS 1917) — And David said unto Nathan: 'I have sinned against the LORD.' And Na… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said unto Nathan: 'I have sinned against the LORD.' And Nathan said unto David: 'The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 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And Nathan said unto David: 'The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. **Who acts:** David, I, Nathan, LORD, thou · **What happens:** say, sin, put away, not die · **To what, where:** sin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 12:13 · 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 (David, I, Nathan, LORD), 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:313 # text = And David said unto Nathan: 'I have sinned against the LORD.' And Nathan said unto David: 'The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Nathan Nathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 11 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 16 And and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 Nathan Nathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 27 punct _ _ 23 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 25 also also ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 28 away away ADV RB _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 33 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 parataxis _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | | unto Nathan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sin** | present · perfect | I | | | | | against the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Nathan | | | | | unto David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **put away** | present · perfect | the LORD | thy sin | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent sin=Goal | | 5 | **not** **die** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־נָתָ֔ן חָטָ֖אתִי לַֽיהוָ֑הס וַיֹּ֨אמֶר נָתָ֜ן אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד גַּם־יְהוָ֛ה הֶעֱבִ֥יר חַטָּאתְךָ֖ לֹ֥א תָמֽוּת׃ [2 Samuel 12:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.12.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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