--- title: 2 Samuel 3:7 (JPS 1917) — Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aia… · tree and pragmatics description: Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner: 'Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?' 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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 (Saul, name, Ish bosheth, thou), 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:75 # text = Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner: 'Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 concubine concubine NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 Rizpah Rizpah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Aiah Aiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 Ish Ish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ _ 20 bosheth Bosheth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Abner Abner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 26 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 hast have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 29 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 ccomp _ _ 30 in in ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 's 's PART POS _ 33 case _ _ 35 concubine concubine NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 29 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 29 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Saul | a concubine | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concubine=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | Rizpah's name | Rizpah | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ish bosheth | | Abner | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to abner=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **go in** | present · perfect | thou | | | | | unto my father's concubine; wherefore *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **name** | | Rizpah | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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} וּלְשָׁא֣וּל פִּלֶ֔גֶשׁ וּשְׁמָ֖הּ רִצְפָּ֣ה בַת־אַיָּ֑ה וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אַבְנֵ֔ר מַדּ֥וּעַ בָּ֖אתָה אֶל־פִּילֶ֥גֶשׁ אָבִֽי׃ [2 Samuel 3:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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