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title: 2 Samuel 18:32 (JPS 1917) — And the king said unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man A… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the king said unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And the Cushite answered: 'The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.' Who acts: king, matter, Cushite. 2 Samuel 18:32 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree an
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# 2 Samuel 18:32 · JPS 1917

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And the king said unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And the Cushite answered: 'The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.'

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**Who acts:** king, matter, Cushite · **What happens:** say, be, answer, rise up, do · **To what, where:** thee, hurt · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Samuel 18:32 · 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 (king, matter, Cushite), 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:545
# text = And the king said unto the Cushite: 'Is it well with the young man Absalom?' And the Cushite answered: 'The enemies of my lord the king and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Cushite	Cushite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
9	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
10	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	well	well	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	Absalom	Absalom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
19	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
20	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Cushite	Cushite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	answered	answer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
24	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
25	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	45	punct	_	_
26	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nsubj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	appos	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	27	conj	_	_
35	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	36	nsubj	_	_
36	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	34	acl:relcl	_	_
37	up	up	ADP	RP	_	36	compound:prt	_	_
38	against	against	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	36	obl	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	advcl	_	_
42	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	41	iobj	_	_
43	hurt	hurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	ccomp	_	_
46	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	_	_
47	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	49	det	_	_
48	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
50	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl	_	_
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	45	punct	_	_
52	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	45	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king |  |  |  |  | unto the Cushite | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | matter |  |  |  |  | with the young man; well *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the Cushite |  |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **rise up** | present |  |  |  | thee |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against thou=Location |
| 5 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | hurt | thee |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־הַכּוּשִׁ֔י הֲשָׁל֥וֹם לַנַּ֖עַר לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכּוּשִׁ֗י יִהְי֤וּ כַנַּ֙עַר֙ אֹֽיְבֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־קָ֥מוּ עָלֶ֖יךָ לְרָעָֽה׃ס

[2 Samuel 18:32: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.18.32/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:545` of Mova's parse database.

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