--- title: 2 Samuel 22:44 (JPS 1917) — Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people; Thou… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me. 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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 (Thou, me, I, people), 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:703 # text = Thou also hast delivered me from the contentions of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 2 also also ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 contentions contention NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 14 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 16 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 xcomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 27 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | present · perfect | Thou | me | | the contentions of my people | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme from contention=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **keep** | present · perfect | Thou | me | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | the head | | | | of the nations | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **know** | present · perfect | I | a people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 5 | **serve** | infinitive | a people | me | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | | 6 | **contend** | | my people | | | | | | nom contention «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִי מֵרִיבֵ֖י עַמִּ֑י תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙ לְרֹ֣אשׁ גּוֹיִ֔ם עַ֥ם לֹא־יָדַ֖עְתִּי יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ [2 Samuel 22:44: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.44/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:703` 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 22:43 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.702/) - next →: [2 Samuel 22:45 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.704/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 22:44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.44/)