--- title: 2 Samuel 18:9 (JPS 1917) — And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the th… · tree and pragmatics description: And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on. 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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 (Absalom, mule, head), 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:521 # text = And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 Absalom Absalom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 riding ride VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 under under ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 terebinth terebinth NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 caught catch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 terebinth terebinth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 between between ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 mule mule NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 under under ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 51 on on ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | past · progressive | Absalom | | | | | upon Absalom's mule | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **go** | past | the mule | | | the thick boughs of a great terebinth | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under bough=Location | | 3 | **catch** | past | Absalom's head | hold of the terebinth | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | | 4 | **take up** | past · passive | | Absalom | | | | between the heaven and the earth | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **is** | past | the mule | | | | | under Absalom | tree rules | | 6 | **go on** | past | the mule | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **hold** | | | the terebinth | | | | | nom hold «act 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} וַיִּקָּרֵא֙ אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם לִפְנֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֣י דָוִ֑ד וְאַבְשָׁל֞וֹם רֹכֵ֣ב עַל־הַפֶּ֗רֶד וַיָּבֹ֣א הַפֶּ֡רֶד תַּ֣חַת שׂוֹבֶךְ֩ הָאֵלָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה וַיֶּחֱזַ֧ק רֹאשׁ֣וֹ בָאֵלָ֗ה וַיֻּתַּן֙ בֵּ֤ין הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וּבֵ֣ין הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהַפֶּ֥רֶד אֲשֶׁר־תַּחְתָּ֖יו עָבָֽר׃ [2 Samuel 18:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.9/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.520/) 2. **And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth, and his head caught hold of the terebinth, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went on.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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