--- title: 2 Samuel 20:17 (JPS 1917) — And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And… · tree and pragmatics description: And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.' 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And he answered: 'I do hear.' **Who acts:** Joab, woman, thou, Beth, I · **What happens:** come, say, be, answer, hear, word · **To what, where:** Joab, words, handmaid · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 20:17 · 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 (Joab, woman, thou, Beth), 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:621 # text = And he came near unto her; and the woman said: 'Art thou Joab?' And he answered: 'I am.' Then she said unto him: 'Hear the words of thy handmaid.' And he answered: 'I do hear.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 near near ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 14 Art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 16 Joab Joab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ _ 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 19 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 26 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 25 punct _ _ 28 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 35 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 35 punct _ _ 43 And and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 50 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, indirect=0, polarity=none, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Joab | | | | | unto Beth; near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the woman | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | thou | Joab | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Joab | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Beth | | | | then | unto Joab | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **hear** | infinitive | | the words of thy handmaid | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 7 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Joab | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **hear** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **word** | | | thy handmaid | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיִּקְרַ֣ב אֵלֶ֔יהָ וַתֹּ֧אמֶר הָאִשָּׁ֛ה הַאַתָּ֥ה יוֹאָ֖ב וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָ֑נִי וַתֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ שְׁמַע֙ דִּבְרֵ֣י אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר שֹׁמֵ֥עַ אָנֹֽכִי׃ [2 Samuel 20:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.20.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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