--- title: 2 Samuel 14:17 (JPS 1917) — Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the ki… · tree and pragmatics description: Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for my comfort; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and the LORD thy God be with thee.' 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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 (handmaid, I, word, LORD), 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:401 # text = Then thy handmaid said: Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for my comfort; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad; and the LORD thy God be with thee.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 cop _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 xcomp _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 25 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 discern discern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 conj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, polarity=pos, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thy handmaid | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | the word of my lord | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 3 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | infinitive | the word of my lord *not said here* | | | | | for my comfort | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | present | | my lord | | | | as a angel of God | tree rules | | 6 | **discern** | to-infinitive | | good | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | the LORD | | | | | with thee | tree rules | | 8 | **word** | | | my lord | | | | | nom word «communication 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} וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔ יִֽהְיֶה־נָּ֛א דְּבַר־אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לִמְנוּחָ֑ה כִּ֣י ׀ כְּמַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים כֵּ֣ן אֲדֹנִ֤י הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לִשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ הַטּ֣וֹב וְהָרָ֔ע וַֽיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יְהִ֥י עִמָּֽךְ׃פ [2 Samuel 14:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:401` 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 14:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.400/) - next →: [2 Samuel 14:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.402/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 14:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.17/)