--- title: 2 Samuel 20:1 (JPS 1917) — Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba,… · tree and pragmatics description: Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O 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 (base fellow, name, fellow, We), 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:601 # text = Now there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the horn, and said: 'We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 there there ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 base base ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 Sheba Sheba PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Bichri Bichri PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Benjamite Benjamite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 blew blow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 34 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 36 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 37 det _ _ 37 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 42 cc _ _ 42 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 44 inheritance inheritance NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Jesse Jesse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 51 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 52 det _ _ 52 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 parataxis _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 tents tent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 O o INTJ UH _ 58 discourse _ _ 58 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 vocative _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | | | | there | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | to-infinitive | a base fellow | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | past | Sheba's name | Sheba | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **blow** | past | fellow | the horn | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent horn=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | fellow *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | present | We | no portion | | David | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portion=Patient | | 7 | **have** | present | we | inheritance | | | | in the son of Jesse | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inheritance=Patient | | 8 | **name** | | Sheba | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וְשָׁ֨ם נִקְרָ֜א אִ֣ישׁ בְּלִיַּ֗עַל וּשְׁמ֛וֹ שֶׁ֥בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֖י אִ֣ישׁ יְמִינִ֑י וַיִּתְקַ֣ע בַּשֹּׁפָ֗ר וַ֠יֹּאמֶר אֵֽין־לָ֨נוּ חֵ֜לֶק בְּדָוִ֗ד וְלֹ֤א נַֽחֲלָה־לָ֙נוּ֙ בְּבֶן־יִשַׁ֔י אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֖יו יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [2 Samuel 20:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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