--- title: 2 Samuel 13:6 (JPS 1917) — So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick; and when the king was c… · tree and pragmatics description: So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick; and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king: 'Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.' 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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 (Amnon, king, sister, I), 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:343 # text = So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick; and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king: 'Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.' 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Amnon Amnon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 feigned feign VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 Amnon Amnon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 28 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 29 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 Tamar Tamar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 32 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 parataxis _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie down** | past | Amnon | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **feign** | past | Amnon *not said here* | Amnon | | | | sick *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 3 | **come** | past · passive | the king | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | Amnon | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Amnon | | | | | unto the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | my sister | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** | infinitive | my sister *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **make** | infinitive | | a couple of cakes | me | my sight | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary couple=Product | | 10 | **eat** | may | I | | | Tamar's hand | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **sight** | | my | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב אַמְנ֖וֹן וַיִּתְחָ֑ל וַיָּבֹ֨א הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לִרְאֹת֗וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אַמְנ֤וֹן אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ תָּֽבוֹא־נָ֞א תָּמָ֣ר אֲחֹתִ֗י וּתְלַבֵּ֤ב לְעֵינַי֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י לְבִב֔וֹת וְאֶבְרֶ֖ה מִיָּדָֽהּ׃ [2 Samuel 13:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:343` 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 13:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.342/) - next →: [2 Samuel 13:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.344/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.6/)