1 Samuel 15:15 · JPS 1917
And Saul said: 'They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.'
Who acts: Saul, bleating, people, we · What happens: say, bring, spare, sacrifice, destroy · To what, where: commandments, Amalekites, best, rest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 15:15 · 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 (Saul, bleating, people, we), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 brought | punct |
| 5 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 brought | punct |
| 6 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 brought | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 brought | aux |
| 8 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 brought | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 Amalekites | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Amalekites | det |
| 12 | Amalekites | amalekite | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 brought | obl |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 spared | punct |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 spared | mark |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 people | det |
| 16 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 spared | nsubj |
| 17 | spared | spare | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 brought | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 best | det |
| 19 | best | best | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 spared | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 sheep | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 sheep | det |
| 22 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 best | nmod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 oxen | cc |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 oxen | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 oxen | det |
| 26 | oxen | ox | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 sheep | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 sacrifice | punct |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 sacrifice | mark |
| 29 | sacrifice | sacrifice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 spared | advcl |
| 30 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 32 LORD | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 LORD | det |
| 32 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 sacrifice | obl |
| 33 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 God | nmod:poss |
| 34 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 LORD | appos |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 destroyed | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 destroyed | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 rest | det |
| 38 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 destroyed | obj |
| 39 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 destroyed | nsubj |
| 40 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 destroyed | aux |
| 41 | utterly | utterly | ADV | _ | 42 destroyed | advmod |
| 42 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 spared | conj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 44 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Saul | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bring | present · perfect | bleating | commandments = commandment | the Amalekites | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme from amalekite=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | spare | past | the people | the best of the sheep and the oxen | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent best=Asset | ||||
| 4 | sacrifice | to-infinitive | the people not said here | unto the LORD | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | destroy | present · perfect | we | the rest | utterly property | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient |
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
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל מֵעֲמָלֵקִ֣י הֱבִיא֗וּם אֲשֶׁ֨ר חָמַ֤ל הָעָם֙ עַל־מֵיטַ֤ב הַצֹּאן֙ וְהַבָּקָ֔ר לְמַ֥עַן זְבֹ֖חַ לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְאֶת־הַיּוֹתֵ֖ר הֶחֱרַֽמְנוּ׃ס
1 Samuel 15:15: 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:396 of Mova's parse database.
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