--- title: 2 Samuel 20:3 (JPS 1917) — And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten… · tree and pragmatics description: And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. 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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, 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:603 # text = And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 concubines concubine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 ward ward NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 provided provide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sustenance sustenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 44 in in ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | David | | | Jerusalem | | to David's house | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **take** | past | the king | David's concubines the ten women | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concubine=Theme | | 3 | **leave** | past · perfect | David | David's concubines the ten women | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | the house | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme | | 5 | **put** | past | the king *not said here* | concubines *= concubine* | | ward | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in ward=Destination | | 6 | **provide** | past | the king *not said here* | concubines *= concubine* | | | | with sustenance | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with sustenance=Theme | | 7 | **not** **go** | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | unto concubines *= concubine* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיָּבֹ֨א דָוִ֣ד אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ֮ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֒ וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֵ֣ת עֶֽשֶׂר־נָשִׁ֣ים ׀ פִּלַגְשִׁ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִנִּיחַ֩ לִשְׁמֹ֨ר הַבַּ֜יִת וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֤ם בֵּית־מִשְׁמֶ֙רֶת֙ וַֽיְכַלְכְּלֵ֔ם וַאֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹא־בָ֑א וַתִּהְיֶ֧ינָה צְרֻר֛וֹת עַד־י֥וֹם מֻתָ֖ן אַלְמְנ֥וּת חַיּֽוּת׃ס [2 Samuel 20:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.3/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them.** 2. [So they were shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood, with their husband alive.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.604/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:603` 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 20:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.602/) - next →: [2 Samuel 20:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.604/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 20:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.3/)