--- title: 2 Samuel 21:9 (JPS 1917) — and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they han… · tree and pragmatics description: and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LORD, and they fell all seven together; and they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest. 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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 (king, sons), 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:643 # text = and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LORD, and they fell all seven together; and they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest. 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 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Gibeonites Gibeonites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 hanged hang VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 27 det _ _ 27 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nsubj _ _ 28 together together ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 45 amod _ _ 45 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 at at ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 beginning beginning NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 barley barley NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | past | king | sons *= son* | | the hands of the Gibeonites | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **hang** | past | sons *= son* | Gibeonites | | the mountain | before the LORD | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in mountain=Destination | | 3 | **fall** | past | sons *= son* | | | | | together *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **put** | past · passive | | sons *= son* | | | at the beginning of barley harvest; day | to death | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at beginning=Destination | | 5 | **begin** | | | barley harvest | | | | | nom beginning «event 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} וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֞ם בְּיַ֣ד הַגִּבְעֹנִ֗ים וַיֹּקִיעֻ֤ם בָּהָר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַיִּפְּל֥וּ שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם יָ֑חַד וְהֵ֨מָּה הֻמְת֜וּ בִּימֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ בָּרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים בִּתְחִלַּ֖תקְצִ֥יר שְׂעֹרִֽים׃ [2 Samuel 21:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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