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title: 2 Samuel 24:2 (JPS 1917) — And the king said to Joab the captain of the host that was with him:… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the king said to Joab the captain of the host that was with him: 'Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.' Who acts: king, captain, ye, I. 2 Samuel 24:2 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree 
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# 2 Samuel 24:2 · JPS 1917

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And the king said to Joab the captain of the host that was with him: 'Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.'

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**Who acts:** king, captain, ye, I · **What happens:** say, be, go, number, know, sum · **To what, where:** Joab, Beer sheba, tribes, people, sum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Samuel 24:2 · 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, captain, ye, I), 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:756
# text = And the king said to Joab the captain of the host that was with him: 'Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people.'
1	And	and	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	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Joab	Joab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	acl:relcl	_	_
16	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	_
18	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
19	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	fro	fro	ADV	RB	_	20	conj	_	_
23	through	through	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	26	det:predet	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	tribes	tribe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	from	from	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Dan	Dan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
32	even	even	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
33	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	Beer	Beer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
35	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	36	punct	_	_
36	sheba	Sheba	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	number	number	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	conj	_	_
40	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	39	nsubj	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
45	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
46	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	advcl	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
54	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed indirect=0

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king |  | Joab |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to joab=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | the captain of the host |  |  |  |  | with Joab | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive |  |  | Beer sheba | all tribes of Israel | now | from Dan | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme through tribe=Initial\_Location from dan=Destination |
| 4 | **number** | infinitive | ye | the people |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
| 5 | **know** | may | I | the sum of the people |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer sum=Stimulus |
| 6 | **sum** |  |  | the people |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=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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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל־יוֹאָ֣ב ׀ שַׂר־הַחַ֣יִל אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֗וֹ שֽׁוּט־נָ֞א בְּכָל־שִׁבְטֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ מִדָּן֙ וְעַד־בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע בְּאֵ֣ר שֶׁ֔בַע וּפִקְד֖וּ אֶת־הָעָ֑ם וְיָ֣דַעְתִּ֔י אֵ֖ת מִסְפַּ֥ר הָעָֽם׃ס

[2 Samuel 24:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.2/)

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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:756` of Mova's parse database.

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