--- title: 2 Samuel 24:16 (JPS 1917) — And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destro… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 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And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. **Who acts:** angel, LORD, hand · **What happens:** stretch out, destroy, repent, say, be, stay · **To what, where:** hand, angel, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 24:16 · 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 (angel, LORD, hand), 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:772 # text = And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented Him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people: 'It is enough; now stay thy hand.' And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 6 out out ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 toward toward ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 repented repent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 17 expl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ _ 34 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 now now ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ 44 And and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 threshing threshing NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ _ 55 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Araunah Araunah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 Jebusite Jebusite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 appos _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stretch out** | past | the angel | angel's hand | | | | toward Jerusalem | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 2 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | the angel *not said here* | hand | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 3 | **repent** | past | the LORD | | | | | of the evil | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD *not said here* | | the angel | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to angel=Recipient | | 5 | **destroy** | past | the angel | the people | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | hand | | | | | enough *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **stay** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | thy hand | | | now | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location | | 8 | **is** | past | the angel of the LORD | | | | | by the threshing floor; of Araunah | tree rules | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ יָד֨וֹ הַמַּלְאָ֥ךְ ׀ יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם֮ לְשַׁחֲתָהּ֒ וַיִּנָּ֤חֶם יְהוָה֙ אֶל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה וַ֠יֹּאמֶר לַמַּלְאָ֞ךְ הַמַּשְׁחִ֤ית בָּעָם֙ רַ֔ב עַתָּ֖ה הֶ֣רֶף יָדֶ֑ךָ וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ הָיָ֔ה עִם־גֹּ֖רֶן הָאֲרַ֥וְנָה הַיְבֻסִֽי׃ס [2 Samuel 24:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:772` 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 24:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.771/) - next →: [2 Samuel 24:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.773/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 24:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.16/)