--- title: 2 Samuel 19:36 (JPS 1917) — I am this day fourscore years old; can I discern between good and ba… · tree and pragmatics description: I am this day fourscore years old; can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 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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 (I, servant, voice), 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:591 # text = I am this day fourscore years old; can I discern between good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 fourscore fourscore NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 discern discern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 12 between between ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 23 obj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 27 obj _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 drink drink VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 32 any any ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 31 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 38 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 singing sing VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 conj _ _ 41 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 42 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 43 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 51 advmod _ _ 44 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 46 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 cop _ _ 49 yet yet ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 parataxis _ _ 52 unto unto ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 appos _ _ 57 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=ask, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | day; year | old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **discern** | can | I | | | | | between good | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **taste** | can | thy servant | | | | | | vn see-30.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **eat** | present | I | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 5 | **drink** | present | I | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | | 6 | **hear** | can | I | the voice | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus | | 7 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the voice *not said here* | men | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location man=Theme | | 8 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the voice *not said here* | women | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location woman=Theme | | 9 | **is a** | should | thy servant | a burden | | | then; yet | unto my lord; wherefore *property* | 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} בֶּן־שְׁמֹנִ֣ים שָׁנָה֩ אָנֹכִ֨י הַיּ֜וֹם הַאֵדַ֣ע ׀ בֵּין־ט֣וֹב לְרָ֗ע אִם־יִטְעַ֤ם עַבְדְּךָ֙ אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֹכַל֙ וְאֶת־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶשְׁתֶּ֔ה אִם־אֶשְׁמַ֣ע ע֔וֹד בְּק֖וֹל שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֑וֹת וְלָמָּה֩ יִֽהְיֶ֨ה עַבְדְּךָ֥ עוֹד֙ לְמַשָּׂ֔א אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ [2 Samuel 19:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:591` 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 19:35 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.590/) - next →: [2 Samuel 19:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.592/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 19:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.19.36/)