--- title: 2 Samuel 3:21 (JPS 1917) — And Abner said unto David: 'I will arise and go, and will gather all… · tree and pragmatics description: And Abner said unto David: 'I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth.' And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 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And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. **Who acts:** Abner, I, Israel, thou, soul, David · **What happens:** say, arise, go, gather, make, reign · **To what, where:** Israel, covenant, all, Abner, peace · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 2 Samuel 3:21 · 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 (Abner, I, Israel, 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:92 # text = And Abner said unto David: 'I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desireth.' And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Abner Abner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 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 arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 gather gather VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 17 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 reign reign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 obl _ _ 41 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 desireth desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 47 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 48 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 50 Abner Abner PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 51 away away ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 58 . . 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 | | | | | unto David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **arise** | future | I | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **gather** | future | I *not said here* | all Israel | | | | unto my lord | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent israel=Theme | | 5 | **make** | may | Israel | a covenant | | | | with thee | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset covenant=Product | | 6 | **reign** | may | thou | | | all | | | tree rules | | 7 | **desire** | present | thy soul | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot that=Theme | | 8 | **send away** | past | David | Abner | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent abner=Theme | | 9 | **go** | past | David | | | peace | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | 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 אַבְנֵ֣ר אֶל־דָּוִ֡ד אָק֣וּמָה ׀ וְֽאֵלֵ֡כָה וְאֶקְבְּצָה֩ אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִכְרְת֤וּ אִתְּךָ֙ בְּרִ֔ית וּמָ֣לַכְתָּ֔ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־תְּאַוֶּ֖ה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וַיְּשַׁלַּ֥ח דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־אַבְנֵ֖ר וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ [2 Samuel 3:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.3.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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