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title: 2 Samuel 24:21 (JPS 1917) — And Araunah said: 'Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Araunah said: 'Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?' And David said: 'To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.' Who acts: Araunah, lord, David. 2 Samuel 24:21 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pra
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# 2 Samuel 24:21 · JPS 1917

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And Araunah said: 'Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?' And David said: 'To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.'

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**Who acts:** Araunah, lord, David · **What happens:** say, come, buy, build, stay · **To what, where:** servant, threshing floor, altar, plague · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 2 Samuel 24:21 · 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 (Araunah, lord, David), 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:777
# text = And Araunah said: 'Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant?' And David said: 'To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Araunah	Araunah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
5	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
6	Wherefore	wherefore	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	_
12	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
17	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
18	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
20	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
21	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
22	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	_
23	To	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	ccomp	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
26	threshing	threshing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	_
28	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	nmod	_	_
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	advcl	_	_
34	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	altar	altar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	plague	plague	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
44	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	45	aux:pass	_	_
45	stayed	stay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	advcl	_	_
46	from	from	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
50	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: wh-question
- act: ask
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=wh, act=ask, indirect=0, hedge=0

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Araunah |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | present | my lord |  |  | Araunah's servant |  | wherefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to servant=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | the threshing floor of thee |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent floor=Theme |
| 5 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | a altar |  |  |  | unto the LORD | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset altar=Product |
| 6 | **stay** | may · passive |  | the plague |  |  |  | from the people | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location |

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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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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲרַ֔וְנָה מַדּ֛וּעַ בָּ֥א אֲדֹנִֽי־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ אֶל־עַבְדּ֑וֹ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לִקְנ֧וֹת מֵעִמְּךָ֣ אֶת־הַגֹּ֗רֶן לִבְנ֤וֹת מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְתֵעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הָעָֽם׃

[2 Samuel 24:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.21/)

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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:777` of Mova's parse database.

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