--- title: 2 Samuel 13:18 (JPS 1917) — Now she had a garment of many colours upon her; for with such robes… · tree and pragmatics description: Now she had a garment of many colours upon her; for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. — And his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 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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 (Israel, daughters, servant), 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:359 # text = Now she had a garment of many colours upon her; for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. — And his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. 1 Now now ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 colours colour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 robes robe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 virgins virgin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 apparelled apparel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 25 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 26 — - PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 bolted bolt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 after after ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Israel | a garment of many colours | | | now | upon servant | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | the king's daughters | virgins | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **apparel** | past · passive | | the king's daughters | | | | with such robes | tree rules | | 4 | **bring out** | past | Amnon's servant | Israel | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **bolt** | past | Amnon's servant *not said here* | the door | | | after Israel | | vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent door=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} וְעָלֶ֙יהָ֙ כְּתֹ֣נֶת פַּסִּ֔ים כִּי֩ כֵ֨ן תִּלְבַּ֧שְׁןָ בְנוֹת־הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ הַבְּתוּלֹ֖ת מְעִילִ֑ים וַיֹּצֵ֨א אוֹתָ֤הּ מְשָֽׁרְתוֹ֙ הַח֔וּץ וְנָעַ֥ל הַדֶּ֖לֶת אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃ [2 Samuel 13:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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