--- title: 2 Samuel 3:13 (JPS 1917) — And he said: 'Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said: 'Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee, that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.' 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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 (Abner, I, 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:82 # text = And he said: 'Well; I will make a league with thee; but one thing I require of thee, that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 6 Well well INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 league league NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 require require VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 28 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 see see VERB VB Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 except except SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 37 advmod _ _ 37 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 38 Michal Michal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 flat _ _ 40 's 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 41 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 when when SCONJ WRB _ 45 mark _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 comest come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abner | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | future | I | a league | | | | with thee | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent league=Product | | 3 | **require** | present | I | one thing *not said here* | | | | of thee | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thing=Precondition | | 4 | **not** **see** | shall | thou | one thing | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | present | thou | | Michal's daughter | | | first *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument daughter=Destination | | 6 | **come** | present | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | my face | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ט֔וֹב אֲנִ֕י אֶכְרֹ֥ת אִתְּךָ֖ בְּרִ֑ית אַ֣ךְ דָּבָ֣ר אֶחָ֡ד אָנֹכִי֩ שֹׁאֵ֨ל מֵאִתְּךָ֤ לֵאמֹר֙ לֹא־תִרְאֶ֣ה אֶת־פָּנַ֔י כִּ֣י ׀ אִם־לִפְנֵ֣י הֱבִיאֲךָ֗ אֵ֚ת מִיכַ֣ל בַּת־שָׁא֔וּל בְּבֹאֲךָ֖ לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־פָּנָֽי׃ס [2 Samuel 3:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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