--- title: 2 Samuel 14:11 (JPS 1917) — Then said she: 'I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God,… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said she: 'I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.' 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And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.' **Who acts:** woman, I, king, avenger, words, LORD · **What happens:** say, pray, let, remember, not destroy, destroy · **To what, where:** thee, king, LORD, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 14:11 · 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 (woman, I, king, avenger), 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:395 # text = Then said she: 'I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son.' And he said: 'As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 avenger avenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 destroy destroy VERB VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 26 any any ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 24 advmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 destroy destroy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 36 And and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ _ 41 As as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 advcl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 46 there there PRON EX _ 54 expl _ _ 47 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | woman | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | the king | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **remember** | infinitive | the king *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 5 | **not** **destroy** | infinitive | the avenger of blood | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **destroy** | present | words *= word* | my son | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **not** **fall** | shall | one hair of thy son | | | there | | to the earth | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=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} וַתֹּאמֶר֩ יִזְכָּר־נָ֨א הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ מֵהַרְבַּ֞ת גֹּאֵ֤ל הַדָּם֙ לְשַׁחֵ֔ת וְלֹ֥א יַשְׁמִ֖ידוּ אֶת־בְּנִ֑י וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה אִם־יִפֹּ֛ל מִשַּׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּנֵ֖ךְ אָֽרְצָה׃ [2 Samuel 14:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:395` 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 14:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.394/) - next →: [2 Samuel 14:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.396/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 14:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.11/)