--- title: 2 Samuel 24:24 (JPS 1917) — And the king said unto Araunah: 'Nay; but I will verily buy it of th… · tree and pragmatics description: And the king said unto Araunah: 'Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD my God which cost me nothing.' So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 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So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. **Who acts:** king, I, LORD, David · **What happens:** say, buy, offer, burn, cost · **To what, where:** altar, price, burnt offerings, nothing, me, threshing floor · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 24:24 · 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, I, 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:781 # text = And the king said unto Araunah: 'Nay; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price; neither will I offer burnt-offerings unto the LORD my God which cost me nothing.' So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 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|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Araunah Araunah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 15 discourse _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 verily verily ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obl _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 27 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 amod _ _ 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ _ 29 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 cost cost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 41 So so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 bought buy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 threshing threshing NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ _ 47 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 shekels shekel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | unto Araunah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **buy** | future | I | altar | | a price | | of thee; verily *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at price=Asset | | 3 | **offer** | future | I | burnt offerings | | | | unto the LORD | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 4 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **cost** | past | the LORD | nothing | me | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme i=Beneficiary nothing=Value | | 6 | **buy** | past | David | the threshing floor and the oxen | | | | for fifty shekels of silver | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent floor=Theme for shekel=Beneficiary | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל־אֲרַ֗וְנָה לֹ֚אכִּֽי־קָנ֨וֹ אֶקְנֶ֤ה מֵאֽוֹתְךָ֙ בִּמְחִ֔יר וְלֹ֧א אַעֲלֶ֛ה לַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהַ֖י עֹל֣וֹת חִנָּ֑ם וַיִּ֨קֶן דָּוִ֤ד אֶת־הַגֹּ֙רֶן֙ וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֔ר בְּכֶ֖סֶף שְׁקָלִ֥ים חֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ [2 Samuel 24:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.24.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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