--- title: 2 Samuel 14:19 (JPS 1917) — And the king said: 'Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king said: 'Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answered and said: 'As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.403/) [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/) / [14:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.19/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 14:19 · JPS 1917 And the king said: 'Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answered and said: 'As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid; **Who acts:** king, woman, soul, none, lord · **What happens:** say, be, answer, live, turn, speak · **To what, where:** hand, this, aught, me, words, mouth · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 14:19 · 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, woman, soul, none), 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:403 # text = And the king said: 'Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answered and said: 'As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thy handmaid; 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 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 7 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Joab Joab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 16 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 obl _ _ 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 27 As as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 vocative _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 37 none none PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 39 nsubj _ _ 38 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ _ 48 from from ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 aught aught NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 obj _ _ 51 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 appos _ _ 55 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 58 for for ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 61 Joab Joab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 appos _ _ 62 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 65 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 67 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 conj _ _ 70 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 72 det:predet _ _ 71 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 72 det _ _ 72 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 76 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 78 nmod:poss _ _ 78 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nmod _ _ 79 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=ask, indirect=0, form=decl, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | the hand | | this | | of Joab; with thee | tree rules | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the woman | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **live** | present | thy soul | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **turn** | can | none | | | aught | | to the right hand or the left *result*; my lord *vocative* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent to hand=Result from aught=Initial\_State | | 7 | **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | my lord | aught | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **bade** | past | lord | me | | | | for thy servant | tree rules | | 9 | **put** | past | lord | all words | | the mouth of thy handmaid | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme in mouth=Destination | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הֲיַ֥ד יוֹאָ֛ב אִתָּ֖ךְ בְּכָל־זֹ֑את וַתַּ֣עַן הָאִשָּׁ֣ה וַתֹּ֡אמֶר חֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֩ אֲדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אִם־אִ֣שׁ ׀ לְהֵמִ֣ין וּלְהַשְׂמִ֗יל מִכֹּ֤ל אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי־עַבְדְּךָ֤ יוֹאָב֙ ה֣וּא צִוָּ֔נִי וְה֗וּא שָׂ֚ם בְּפִ֣י שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֔ אֵ֥ת כָּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ [2 Samuel 14:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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