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title: 2 Samuel 21:8 (JPS 1917) — But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom… · tree and pragmatics
description: But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite; Who acts: king, Aiah. 2 Samuel 21:8 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree an
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# 2 Samuel 21:8 · JPS 1917

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But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;

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**Who acts:** king, Aiah · **What happens:** take, bear · **To what, where:** two sons, daughter, Adriel

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This is 2 Samuel 21:8 · 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, Aiah), 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:642
# text = But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite;
1	But	but	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	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Rizpah	Rizpah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Aiah	Aiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	obj	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	bore	bear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
18	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	Armoni	Armoni	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	Mephibosheth	Mephibosheth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	28	nummod	_	_
28	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Michal	Michal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	obj	_	_
37	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	bore	bear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Adriel	Adriel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Barzillai	Barzillai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	Meholathite	Meholathite	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	appos	_	_
47	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the king |  | the two sons of Rizpah and Armoni and Mephibosheth |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination |
| 2 | **bear** | past | Aiah | the two sons of Rizpah and Armoni and Mephibosheth |  |  |  | unto Saul | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Patient |
| 3 | **bear** | past | Aiah | the daughter of Saul | Adriel |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Patient |

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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}

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־שְׁ֠נֵי בְּנֵ֨י רִצְפָּ֤ה בַת־אַיָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלְדָ֣ה לְשָׁא֔וּל אֶת־אַרְמֹנִ֖י וְאֶת־מְפִבֹ֑שֶׁת וְאֶת־חֲמֵ֗שֶׁת בְּנֵי֙ מִיכַ֣ל בַּת־שָׁא֔וּל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָלְדָ֛ה לְעַדְרִיאֵ֥ל בֶּן־בַּרְזִלַּ֖י הַמְּחֹלָתִֽי׃

[2 Samuel 21:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.8/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:642` of Mova's parse database.

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