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title: 2 Samuel 13:25 (JPS 1917) — And the king said to Absalom: 'Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the king said to Absalom: 'Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee.' And he pressed him; howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. Who acts: king, us, we. 2 Samuel 13:25 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# 2 Samuel 13:25 · JPS 1917

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And the king said to Absalom: 'Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee.' And he pressed him; howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

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**Who acts:** king, us, we · **What happens:** say, let, not go, be, press, bless · **To what, where:** Absalom, us, friend, king · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Samuel 13:25 · 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 (king, us, we), 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:366
# text = And the king said to Absalom: 'Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee.' And he pressed him; howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Absalom	Absalom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	14	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	_
9	Nay	nay	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	vocative	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
15	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	all	all	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	lest	lest	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
21	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	cop	_	_
23	burdensome	burdensome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	_
24	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	23	obl	_	_
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
27	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
28	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	pressed	press	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
31	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
33	howbeit	howbeit	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
35	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	37	advmod	_	_
37	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	advcl	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	blessed	bless	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	conj	_	_
41	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	obj	_	_
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king |  | Absalom |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to absalom=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 2 | **let** | infinitive |  | us |  |  |  | my son *vocative* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | infinitive | we |  |  |  |  | unto thee; burdensome *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **press** | past | king | friend |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |
| 6 | **not** **go** | would | king |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **bless** | past | king *not said here* | king |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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}

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל־אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם אַל־בְּנִי֙ אַל־נָ֤א נֵלֵךְ֙ כֻּלָּ֔נוּ וְלֹ֥א נִכְבַּ֖ד עָלֶ֑יךָ וַיִּפְרָץ־בּ֛וֹ וְלֹֽא־אָבָ֥ה לָלֶ֖כֶת וַֽיְבָרֲכֵֽהוּ׃

[2 Samuel 13:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.13.25/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:366` of Mova's parse database.

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