--- title: 2 Samuel 17:12 (JPS 1917) — So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and… · tree and pragmatics description: So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one. 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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 (we, dew, men), 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:492 # text = So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground; and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 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 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 9 det _ _ 9 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 20 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 falleth fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 37 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 46 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 much much ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 48 as as ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | we | | | some place | | upon Israel | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | | 2 | **find** | shall · passive | | Israel | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **light** | future | we | | | | | upon Israel | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fall** | present | the dew | | | the ground | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on ground=Location | | 5 | **is** | present | all men | | | | | with Israel | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **leave** | future | we | | | | | of Israel | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of he=Initial\_Location | 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} וּבָ֣אנוּ אֵלָ֗יו בְּאַחַ֤ד הַמְּקוֹמֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִמְצָ֣א שָׁ֔ם וְנַ֣חְנוּ עָלָ֔יו כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִפֹּ֥ל הַטַּ֖ל עַל־הָאֲדָמָ֑ה וְלֹֽא־נ֥וֹתַר בּ֛וֹ וּבְכָל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֖וֹ גַּם־אֶחָֽד׃ [2 Samuel 17:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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