--- title: 2 Samuel 21:2 (JPS 1917) — And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them — now the Gib… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them — now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah — Who acts: king, Gibeonit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.636/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/) / [chapter 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/21/) / [21:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.2/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 21:2 · JPS 1917 And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them — now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah — **Who acts:** king, Gibeonites, children, Saul · **What happens:** call, say, not be, swear, seek, slay · **To what, where:** Gibeonites, zeal · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 21:2 · 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 (king, Gibeonites, children, Saul), 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:636 # text = And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them — now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them; and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah — 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Gibeonites Gibeonite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ _ 12 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Gibeonites Gibeonite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 ccomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Amorites Amorite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 39 unto unto ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 slay slay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 zeal zeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 58 — - PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | the king | | the Gibeonites | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gibeonite=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king *not said here* | | | | | unto Gibeonites *= gibeonite* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | the Gibeonites | | | | now | of the children but the remnant of the Amorites; of Israel | tree rules | | 4 | **swear** | past · perfect | the children of Israel | | | | | unto Gibeonites *= gibeonite* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seek** | past | Saul | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **slay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Saul *not said here* | Gibeonites *= gibeonite* | | king's zeal | | for the children of Israel and Judah | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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} וַיִּקְרָ֥א הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ לַגִּבְעֹנִ֖ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְהַגִּבְעֹנִ֞ים לֹ֣א מִבְּנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל הֵ֗מָּה כִּ֚י אִם־מִיֶּ֣תֶר הָאֱמֹרִ֔י וּבְנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ נִשְׁבְּע֣וּ לָהֶ֔ם וַיְבַקֵּ֤שׁ שָׁאוּל֙ לְהַכֹּתָ֔ם בְּקַנֹּאת֥וֹ לִבְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וִיהוּדָֽה׃ [2 Samuel 21:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:636` 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 21:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.635/) - next →: [2 Samuel 21:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.637/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 21:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.2/)