--- title: 2 Samuel 19:23 (JPS 1917) — And David said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, tha… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?' 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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 (David, I, ye), 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:576 # text = And David said: 'What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ _ 6 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 7 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Zeruiah Zeruiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD _ 25 aux _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 adversaries adversary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 advcl _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nmod _ _ 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 29 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 31 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 49 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 50 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl:unmarked _ _ 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 ccomp _ _ 53 over over ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | present | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | with you | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | should | ye | adversaries | | | day | unto me | tree rules | | 5 | **put** | shall · passive | | any man | | Israel; there | day | to death | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in israel=Destination | | 6 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | present | I | king | | Israel | day | | tree rules | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִ֗ד מַה־לִּ֤י וְלָכֶם֙ בְּנֵ֣י צְרוּיָ֔ה כִּי־תִֽהְיוּ־לִ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם לְשָׂטָ֑ן הַיּ֗וֹם י֤וּמַת אִישׁ֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֚י הֲל֣וֹא יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם אֲנִי־מֶ֥לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [2 Samuel 19:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:576` 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 19:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.575/) - next →: [2 Samuel 19:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.577/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 19:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.23/)