--- title: 2 Samuel 15:5 (JPS 1917) — And it was so, that when any man came nigh to prostrate himself befo… · tree and pragmatics description: And it was so, that when any man came nigh to prostrate himself before him, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. Who acts: it, man, Absalom. 2 Samuel 15:5 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.422/) [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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/15/) / [15:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.15.5/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 15:5 · JPS 1917 And it was so, that when any man came nigh to prostrate himself before him, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. **Who acts:** it, man, Absalom · **What happens:** be, come, prostrate, put, take, kiss · **To what, where:** Absalom, hand, hold This is 2 Samuel 15:5 · 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 (it, man, Absalom), 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:422 # text = And it was so, that when any man came nigh to prostrate himself before him, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 8 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 11 nigh nigh ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 prostrate prostrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 14 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 obj _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 csubj _ _ 20 forth forth ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 26 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **is** | past | it | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | any man | | | | | nigh *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **prostrate** | to-infinitive | any man *not said here* | Absalom | | | before Absalom | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | past | Absalom | Absalom's hand | | | | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 5 | **take** | past | Absalom *not said here* | hold of Absalom | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 6 | **kiss** | past | Absalom *not said here* | Absalom | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **hold** | | | Absalom | | | | | nom hold «act 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} וְהָיָה֙ בִּקְרָב־אִ֔ישׁ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺ֖ת ל֑וֹ וְשָׁלַ֧ח אֶת־יָד֛וֹ וְהֶחֱזִ֥יק ל֖וֹ וְנָ֥שַׁק לֽוֹ׃ [2 Samuel 15:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.15.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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