--- title: 2 Samuel 21:4 (JPS 1917) — And the Gibeonites said unto him: 'It is no matter of silver or gold… · tree and pragmatics description: And the Gibeonites said unto him: 'It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.' And he said: 'What say ye that I should do for you?' 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And he said: 'What say ye that I should do for you?' **Who acts:** Gibeonites, It, us, LORD, ye, I · **What happens:** say, be, do · **To what, where:** matter, house, Israel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 21:4 · 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 (Gibeonites, It, us, LORD), 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:638 # text = And the Gibeonites said unto him: 'It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house; neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel.' And he said: 'What say ye that I should do for you?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Gibeonites gibeonite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 9 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 17 between between ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 26 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 expl _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 csubj _ _ 33 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 44 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 46 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 47 obj _ _ 47 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 48 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obj _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 acl:relcl _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 ? ? PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Gibeonites | | | | | unto LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | It | no matter | | | | of silver or gold; between us | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | us | house | | Israel | | to death; put *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | ye | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 6 | **do** | should | I | | | | | for you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | 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} וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ ל֣וֹ הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים אֵֽין־לָ֜נוּ כֶּ֤סֶף וְזָהָב֙ עִם־שָׁא֣וּל וְעִם־בֵּית֔וֹ וְאֵֽין־לָ֥נוּ אִ֖ישׁ לְהָמִ֣ית בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֹּ֛אמֶר מָֽה־אַתֶּ֥ם אֹמְרִ֖ים אֶעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃ [2 Samuel 21:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:638` 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 21:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.637/) - next →: [2 Samuel 21:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.639/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 21:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.4/)