--- title: 2 Samuel 3:14 (JPS 1917) — And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Delive… · tree and pragmatics description: And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.' 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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 (David, 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:83 # text = And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying: 'Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Ish Ish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ _ 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ _ 8 bosheth Ish-bosheth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 Michal Michal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 betrothed betroth VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 foreskins foreskin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | David | messengers | Ish bosheth | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to ish-bosheth=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **deliver** | infinitive | | my wife | me | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary wife=Patient | | 4 | **betroth** | past | I | my wife | me | | | for hundred foreskins of the Philistines | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to i=Recipient | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח דָּוִד֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־אִֽישׁ־בֹּ֥שֶׁתאִֽישׁ־בֹּ֥שֶׁת בֶּן־שָׁא֖וּל לֵאמֹ֑ר תְּנָ֤ה אֶת־אִשְׁתִּי֙ אֶת־מִיכַ֔ל אֲשֶׁר֙ אֵרַ֣שְׂתִּי לִ֔י בְּמֵאָ֖ה עָרְל֥וֹת פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ [2 Samuel 3:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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