--- title: 2 Samuel 16:23 (JPS 1917) — Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, wa… · tree and pragmatics description: Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. Who acts: counsel, man. 2 Samuel 16:23 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.480/) [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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/16/) / [16:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.23/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 16:23 · JPS 1917 Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. **Who acts:** counsel, man · **What happens:** counsel, inquire, be, word · **To what, where:** counsel, God This is 2 Samuel 16:23 · 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 (counsel, man), 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:480 # text = Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man inquired of the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ahithophel Ahithophel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 counselled counsel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 fixed _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 30 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Ahithophel Ahithophel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 both both CCONJ CC _ 35 cc:preconj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Absalom Absalom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **counsel** *speech: other* | past | counsel | the counsel of Ahithophel | | | day | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | a man | | | | | of the word of God | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of word=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | | all counsel | | | | of Ahithophel; with David and Absalom | tree rules | | 4 | **word** | | | God | | | | | nom word «communication 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} וַעֲצַ֣ת אֲחִיתֹ֗פֶל אֲשֶׁ֤ר יָעַץ֙ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשְׁאַל־אִ֖ישׁ בִּדְבַ֣ר הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כֵּ֚ן כָּל־עֲצַ֣ת אֲחִיתֹ֔פֶל גַּם־לְדָוִ֖ד גַּ֥ם לְאַבְשָׁלֹֽם׃ס [2 Samuel 16:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:480` 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 16:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.479/) - next →: [2 Samuel 17:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.481/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 16:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.16.23/)