--- title: 2 Samuel 13:11 (JPS 1917) — And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of… · tree and pragmatics description: And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her: 'Come lie with me, my sister.' 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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 (Tamar, Amnon), 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:350 # text = And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her: 'Come lie with me, my sister.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 near near ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 25 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 26 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 vocative _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 20 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 | **bring** | past · perfect | Tamar | cakes *= cake* | | | | unto Amnon; near *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | Tamar *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **take hold** | past | Amnon | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Amnon *not said here* | | | | | unto Tamar | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | my sister *vocative* | tree rules | | 6 | **lie** | infinitive | | | | | | with me | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **hold** | | | Tamar | | | | | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַתַּגֵּ֥שׁ אֵלָ֖יו לֶֽאֱכֹ֑ל וַיַּֽחֲזֶק־בָּהּ֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֔הּ בּ֛וֹאִי שִׁכְבִ֥י עִמִּ֖י אֲחוֹתִֽי׃ [2 Samuel 13:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:350` 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 13:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.349/) - next →: [2 Samuel 13:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.351/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 13:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.11/)