--- title: 2 Samuel 14:18 (JPS 1917) — Then the king answered and said unto the woman: 'Hide not from me, I… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the king answered and said unto the woman: 'Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee.' And the woman said: 'Let my lord the king now speak.' Who acts: king, I, woman, lord. 2 Samuel 14:18 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.402/) [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/) / [14:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.18/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 14:18 · JPS 1917 Then the king answered and said unto the woman: 'Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee.' And the woman said: 'Let my lord the king now speak.' **Who acts:** king, I, woman, lord · **What happens:** answer, say, not hide, pray, ask, let · **To what, where:** aught, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 14:18 · 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, I, woman, 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:402 # text = Then the king answered and said unto the woman: 'Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee.' And the woman said: 'Let my lord the king now speak.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 aught aught NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 29 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 40 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 41 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | unto the woman | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **hide** | infinitive | | aught | | | | from me | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent aught=Patient from i=Beneficiary | | 4 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | shall | I | thee | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | infinitive | my lord | | | | now | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} וַיַּ֣עַן הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה אַל־נָ֨א תְכַחֲדִ֤י מִמֶּ֙נִּי֙ דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י שֹׁאֵ֣ל אֹתָ֑ךְ וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה יְדַבֶּר־נָ֖א אֲדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [2 Samuel 14:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:402` 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 14:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.401/) - next →: [2 Samuel 14:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.403/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 14:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.18/)