--- title: 2 Samuel 17:2 (JPS 1917) — and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will… · tree and pragmatics description: and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only; Who acts: I, David, people. 2 Samuel 17:2 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.482/) [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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/17/) / [17:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.2/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 17:2 · JPS 1917 and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only; **Who acts:** I, David, people · **What happens:** come, be, make, flee, smite · **To what, where:** David, king This is 2 Samuel 17:2 · 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 (I, David, people), 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:482 # text = and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only; 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD Mood=Ind|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ _ 14 handed hand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 27 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 acl:relcl _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | future | I | | | | | upon David | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 2 | **is** | present | David | | | | | weary *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | David *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | future | I *not said here* | David | | | | afraid *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 5 | **is** | present | all people | | | | | with David | tree rules | | 6 | **flee** | shall | all people | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **smite** | future | I | the king | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | 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} וְאָב֣וֹא עָלָ֗יו וְה֤וּא יָגֵ֙עַ֙ וּרְפֵ֣ה יָדַ֔יִם וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּ֣י אֹת֔וֹ וְנָ֖ס כָּל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֑וֹ וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ [2 Samuel 17:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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