1 Samuel 15:22 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
What happens: obey, be, hearken
This is 1 Samuel 15:22 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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: 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 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 6 better | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Behold | punct |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 obey | mark |
| 4 | obey | obey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 better | csubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 better | cop |
| 6 | better | better | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 sacrifice | case |
| 8 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 better | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hearken | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hearken | cc |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 hearken | mark |
| 12 | hearken | hearken | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 better | csubj |
| 13 | than | than | ADP | _ | 15 fat | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fat | det |
| 15 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hearken | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 rams | case |
| 17 | rams | ram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 fat | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 better | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=assert, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obey | to-infinitive | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | than sacrifice; better property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | hearken | to-infinitive | than the fat of rams | tree rules |
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
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל הַחֵ֤פֶץ לַֽיהוָה֙ בְּעֹל֣וֹת וּזְבָחִ֔ים כִּשְׁמֹ֖עַ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֑ה הִנֵּ֤ה שְׁמֹ֙עַ֙ מִזֶּ֣בַח ט֔וֹב לְהַקְשִׁ֖יב מֵחֵ֥לֶב אֵילִֽים׃
1 Samuel 15:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And Samuel said: 'Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in hearkening to the voice of the LORD?
- Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:405 of Mova's parse database.
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