--- title: 2 Samuel 16:8 (JPS 1917) — the LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul,… · tree and pragmatics description: the LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.' 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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 (LORD, thou), 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:464 # text = the LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son; and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood.' 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 20 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 reigned reign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Absalom Absalom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 35 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 behold behold INTJ UH _ 44 discourse _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 because because SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 51 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 52 nsubj _ _ 52 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 53 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 advcl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | present · perfect | the LORD | all blood of the house of Saul | | | | upon thee | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blood=Theme | | 2 | **reign** | present · perfect | thou | | | stead | | | tree rules | | 3 | **deliver** | present · perfect | the LORD | the kingdom | | the hand of Absalom | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient | | 4 | **take** | present · passive | | thou | | thine own mischief | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in mischief=Location | | 5 | **is a** | present | | a man | | | | of blood | tree rules | 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} הֵשִׁיב֩ עָלֶ֨יךָ יְהוָ֜ה כֹּ֣ל ׀ דְּמֵ֣י בֵית־שָׁא֗וּל אֲשֶׁ֤ר מָלַ֙כְתָּ֙ תַּחְתָּ֔יו וַיִּתֵּ֤ן יְהוָה֙ אֶת־הַמְּלוּכָ֔ה בְּיַ֖ד אַבְשָׁל֣וֹם בְּנֶ֑ךָ וְהִנְּךָ֙ בְּרָ֣עָתֶ֔ךָ כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ דָּמִ֖ים אָֽתָּה׃ [2 Samuel 16:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:464` 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 16:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.463/) - next →: [2 Samuel 16:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.465/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 16:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.8/)