--- title: 2 Samuel 14:26 (JPS 1917) — And when he polled his head — now it was at every year's end that he… · tree and pragmatics description: And when he polled his head — now it was at every year's end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it — he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight. 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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 (blemish, hair), 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:410 # text = And when he polled his head — now it was at every year's end that he polled it; because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it — he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, after the king's weight. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 polled poll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 — — PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 8 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 expl _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 polled poll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 21 because because SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 polled poll VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 — — PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 weighed weigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 compound _ _ 43 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 44 shekels shekel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 after after ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod:poss _ _ 49 's 's PART POS _ 48 case _ _ 50 weight weight NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **poll** | past | blemish | blemish's head | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Source | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | at every year's end; now; year | | tree rules | | 3 | **poll** | past | blemish | head | | | | | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source | | 4 | **is** | past | the hair | | | | | on blemish; heavy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **poll** | past | blemish | head | | | | therefore *property* | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Source | | 6 | **weigh** | past | blemish | the hair of blemish's head | | hundred shekels | after the king's weight | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent hair=Theme at shekel=Value | 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} וּֽבְגַלְּחוֹ֮ אֶת־רֹאשׁוֹ֒ וְֽ֠הָיָה מִקֵּ֨ץיָמִ֤ים ׀ לַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְגַלֵּ֔חַ כִּֽי־כָבֵ֥ד עָלָ֖יו וְגִלְּח֑וֹ וְשָׁקַל֙ אֶת־שְׂעַ֣ר רֹאשׁ֔וֹ מָאתַ֥יִם שְׁקָלִ֖ים בְּאֶ֥בֶן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [2 Samuel 14:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:410` 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 14:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.409/) - next →: [2 Samuel 14:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.411/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 14:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.14.26/)