--- title: 2 Samuel 17:20 (JPS 1917) — And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said… · tree and pragmatics description: And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said: 'Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' And the woman said unto them: 'They are gone over the brook of water.' And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 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And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. **Who acts:** servants, groats, woman · **What happens:** come, say, be, seek, not find, return · **To what, where:** house, Ahimaaz, brook, groats, Jerusalem · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 17:20 · 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 (servants, groats, woman), 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:500 # text = And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said: 'Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?' And the woman said unto them: 'They are gone over the brook of water.' And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Absalom Absalom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 18 Where where ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 Ahimaaz Ahimaaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 25 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 33 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 36 over over ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 47 mark _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 sought seek VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 advcl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 51 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 52 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Absalom's servants | | | the house | | to the woman | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to woman=Initial\_Location to house=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | groats *= groat* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | | Ahimaaz and Jonathan | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the woman | | | | | unto groats *= groat* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **is** | present | groats *= groat* | | | the brook of water | | go *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **seek** | past · perfect | groats *= groat* | | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **find** | could | groats *= groat* *not said here* | groats *= groat* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 8 | **return** | past | groats *= groat* | | Jerusalem | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to jerusalem=Result | 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} וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ עַבְדֵי֩ אַבְשָׁל֨וֹם אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁ֜ה הַבַּ֗יְתָה וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אַיֵּ֗ה אֲחִימַ֙עַץ֙ וִיה֣וֹנָתָ֔ן וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה עָבְר֖וּ מִיכַ֣ל הַמָּ֑יִם וַיְבַקְשׁוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֔אוּ וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ס [2 Samuel 17:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.17.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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