--- title: 2 Samuel 18:28 (JPS 1917) — And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king: 'All is well.' And he bo… · tree and pragmatics description: And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king: 'All is well.' And he bowed down before the king with his face to the earth, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.' 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And he bowed down before the king with his face to the earth, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.' **Who acts:** Ahimaaz, All, king, LORD, men · **What happens:** call, say, be, bow down, bless, deliver up · **To what, where:** LORD, men, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 18:28 · 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 (Ahimaaz, All, king, LORD), 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:541 # text = And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king: 'All is well.' And he bowed down before the king with his face to the earth, and said: 'Blessed be the LORD thy God, who hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Ahimaaz Ahimaaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 12 All all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 well well ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 15 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 17 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 down down ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 ccomp _ _ 36 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 appos _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 acl:relcl _ _ 45 up up ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 up up ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 against against ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 appos _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | Ahimaaz | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ahimaaz *not said here* | | | | | unto the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | All | | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bow down** | past | king | | | | before the king | with king's face to the earth; down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before king=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bless** | infinitive · passive | | the LORD | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **deliver up** | present · perfect | the LORD | the men | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 8 | **lift up** | past | the men | tidings's hand | | | | against my lord | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme against lord=Destination | 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} וַיִּקְרָ֣א אֲחִימַ֗עַץ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֶל־הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ שָׁל֔וֹם וַיִּשְׁתַּ֧חוּ לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ לְאַפָּ֖יו אָ֑רְצָהס וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בָּרוּךְ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר סִגַּר֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֲנָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־נָשְׂא֥וּ אֶת־יָדָ֖ם בַּֽאדֹנִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [2 Samuel 18:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:541` 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 18:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.540/) - next →: [2 Samuel 18:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.542/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 18:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.28/)