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title: 2 Samuel 19:25 (JPS 1917) — And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. Who acts: Mephibosheth, king. 2 Samuel 19:25 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and t
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# 2 Samuel 19:25 · JPS 1917

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And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

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**Who acts:** Mephibosheth, king · **What happens:** come down, meet, dress, trim, wash, depart · **To what, where:** king, feet, beard, clothes, day, peace

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This is 2 Samuel 19:25 · 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 (Mephibosheth, king), 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:578
# text = And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	Mephibosheth	Mephibosheth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	neither	neither	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	18	cc:preconj	_	_
18	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	conj	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	23	cc	_	_
23	trimmed	trim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	28	cc	_	_
28	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
29	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	28	obj	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	from	from	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
37	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	acl:relcl	_	_
38	until	until	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	acl:relcl	_	_
43	home	home	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come down** | past | Mephibosheth |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Mephibosheth *not said here* | the king |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **dress** | past · perfect | king | king's feet |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
| 4 | **trim** | past | king *not said here* | king's beard |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient |
| 5 | **wash** | past | king *not said here* | king's clothes |  |  | day |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient |
| 6 | **depart** | past | the king | the day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme day=Initial\_Location |
| 7 | **come** | past | king | the day *not said here* |  | peace |  | home *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location day=Theme |

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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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וּמְפִבֹ֙שֶׁת֙ בֶּן־שָׁא֔וּל יָרַ֖ד לִקְרַ֣את הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֨ה רַגְלָ֜יו וְלֹא־עָשָׂ֣ה שְׂפָמ֗וֹ וְאֶת־בְּגָדָיו֙ לֹ֣א כִבֵּ֔ס לְמִן־הַיּוֹם֙ לֶ֣כֶת הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ עַד־הַיּ֖וֹם אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א בְשָׁלֽוֹם׃

[2 Samuel 19:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.25/)

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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:578` of Mova's parse database.

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