1 Samuel 12:23 · JPS 1917
Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
Who acts: I · What happens: be, sin, cease, pray, instruct · To what, where: you, good way
This is 1 Samuel 12:23 · 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 (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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 6 far | advmod |
| 2 | as | as | ADP | _ | 3 for | case |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 me | case |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 far | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 me | punct |
| 6 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 far | cop |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 far | expl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 me | case |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 far | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 14 sin | mark |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 sin | nsubj |
| 13 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 sin | aux |
| 14 | sin | sin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 far | csubj |
| 15 | against | against | ADP | _ | 17 LORD | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 LORD | det |
| 17 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 sin | obl |
| 18 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 19 ceasing | mark |
| 19 | ceasing | cease | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 sin | advcl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 pray | mark |
| 21 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 ceasing | xcomp |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 you | case |
| 23 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 pray | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 instruct | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 instruct | cc |
| 26 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 instruct | nsubj |
| 27 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 instruct | aux |
| 28 | instruct | instruct | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 far | conj |
| 29 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 28 instruct | obj |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 way | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 way | det |
| 32 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 way | amod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 right | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 right | det |
| 35 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 good | conj |
| 36 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 instruct | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 far | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- promise
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=promise, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | infinitive | for me; from me; far, moreover property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sin | should | I | against the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary | ||||
| 3 | cease | gerund | I not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | pray | to-infinitive | I not said here | for you | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for you=Theme | ||||
| 5 | instruct speech: other | future | I | you | the good way | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=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
גַּ֣ם אָנֹכִ֗י חָלִ֤ילָה לִּי֙ מֵחֲטֹ֣א לַֽיהוָ֔ה מֵחֲדֹ֖ל לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל בַּעַדְכֶ֑ם וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֔ם בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה וְהַיְשָׁרָֽה׃
1 Samuel 12:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:298 of Mova's parse database.
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