--- title: 2 Samuel 14:6 (JPS 1917) — And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the f… · tree and pragmatics description: And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him. Who acts: handmaid, words, one. 2 Samuel 14:6 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.389/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/) / [chapter 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/14/) / [14:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.6/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 14:6 · JPS 1917 And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him. **Who acts:** handmaid, words, one · **What happens:** have, strive, part, smite, kill · **To what, where:** two sons, field, words, other, handmaid This is 2 Samuel 14:6 · 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 (handmaid, words, one), 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:389 # text = And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 appos _ _ 11 strove strive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 together together ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 19 expl _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 20 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 19 nsubj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 part part VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | thy handmaid | two sons | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 2 | **strive** | past | words *= word* | | | the field | | together *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **part** | to-infinitive | thy handmaid *not said here* | words *= word* | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **smite** | past | the one | the other | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus other=Experiencer | | 5 | **kill** | past | the one *not said here* | handmaid | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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} וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שְׁנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וַיִּנָּצ֤וּ שְׁנֵיהֶם֙ בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּ֖יל בֵּֽינֵיהֶ֑ם וַיַּכּ֧וֹ הָאֶחָ֛ד אֶת־הָאֶחָ֖ד וַיָּ֥מֶת אֹתֽוֹ׃ [2 Samuel 14:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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