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title: 2 Samuel 23:20 (JPS 1917) — And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow; Who acts: valiant man, Benaiah. 2 Samuel 23:20 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and th
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# 2 Samuel 23:20 · JPS 1917

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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow;

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**Who acts:** valiant man, Benaiah · **What happens:** do, smite, go down, slay · **To what, where:** mighty deeds, two altar hearths, lion, midst

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This is 2 Samuel 23:20 · 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 (valiant man, Benaiah), 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:733
# text = And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he smote the two altar-hearths of Moab; he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow;
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
2	Benaiah	Benaiah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jehoiada	Jehoiada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	valiant	valiant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Kabzeel	Kabzeel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	acl:relcl	_	_
20	mighty	mighty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	smote	smite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
26	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	29	nummod	_	_
27	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
28	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	27	punct	_	_
29	hearths	hearth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Moab	Moab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
32	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
35	down	down	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
36	also	also	ADV	RB	_	34	advmod	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	slew	slay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	conj	_	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
51	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- 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 | **do** | past · perfect | a valiant man of Kabzeel | mighty deeds |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deed=Eventuality |
| 2 | **smite** | past | Benaiah | the two altar hearths of Moab |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hearth=Experiencer |
| 3 | **go down** | past | Benaiah |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **slay** | past | Benaiah *not said here* | a lion |  | the midst of a pit | time |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lion=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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וּבְנָיָ֨הוּ בֶן־יְהוֹיָדָ֧ע בֶּן־אִֽישׁ־חַ֛יִל רַב־פְּעָלִ֖ים מִֽקַּבְצְאֵ֑ל ה֣וּא הִכָּ֗ה אֵ֣ת שְׁנֵ֤י אֲרִאֵל֙ מוֹאָ֔ב וְ֠הוּא יָרַ֞ד וְהִכָּ֧ה אֶֽת־הָאֲרִ֛י בְּת֥וֹךְ הַבֹּ֖אר בְּי֥וֹם הַשָּֽׁלֶג׃

[2 Samuel 23:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.23.20/)

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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:733` of Mova's parse database.

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