--- title: 2 Samuel 16:10 (JPS 1917) — So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David;… · tree and pragmatics description: So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?' 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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 (you, king, 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:467 # text = So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?' 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 curse curse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Curse curse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 15 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 20 nsubj _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 25 advmod _ _ 23 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 ? ? PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | king | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **curse** | infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | unto king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **curse** | infinitive | | David | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent david=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | wherefore *property* | vn act-114-1 «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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ מַה־לִּ֥י וְלָכֶ֖ם בְּנֵ֣י צְרֻיָ֑ה כֹּ֣ה יְקַלֵּ֗ל כִּ֤י יְהוָה֙ אָ֤מַר לוֹ֙ קַלֵּ֣ל אֶת־דָּוִ֔ד וּמִ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר מַדּ֖וּעַ עָשִׂ֥יתָה כֵּֽן׃ס [2 Samuel 16:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.10/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [And the king said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.466/) 2. **So let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him: Curse David; who then shall say: Wherefore hast thou done so?'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:467` 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 16:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.466/) - next →: [2 Samuel 16:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.468/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 16:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.10/)