1 Samuel 17:39 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he essayed to go, but could not; for he had not tried it.
Who acts: David · What happens: gird, essay, go, not try · To what, where: sword
This is 1 Samuel 17:39 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 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: who acts (David), 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 girded | cc |
| 2 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 girded | nsubj |
| 3 | girded | gird | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 sword | nmod:poss |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 girded | obj |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 8 apparel | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 apparel | nmod:poss |
| 8 | apparel | apparel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 girded | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 essayed | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 essayed | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 essayed | nsubj |
| 12 | essayed | essay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 girded | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 go | mark |
| 14 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 essayed | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 could | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 could | cc |
| 17 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 essayed | conj |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 could | advmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 tried | punct |
| 20 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 24 tried | mark |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 tried | nsubj |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 tried | aux |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 24 tried | advmod |
| 24 | tried | try | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 essayed | advcl |
| 25 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 tried | obj |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 girded | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gird | past | David | David's sword | upon David's apparel | tree rules | |||
| 2 | essay | past | David | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | to-infinitive | David not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not try | past · perfect | David | sword | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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
וַיַּחְגֹּ֣ר דָּוִ֣ד אֶת־חַ֠רְבּוֹ מֵעַ֨ל לְמַדָּ֜יו וַיֹּ֣אֶל לָלֶכֶת֮ כִּ֣י לֹֽא־נִסָּה֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־שָׁא֗וּל לֹ֥א אוּכַ֛ל לָלֶ֥כֶת בָּאֵ֖לֶּה כִּ֣י לֹ֣א נִסִּ֑יתִי וַיְסִרֵ֥ם דָּוִ֖ד מֵעָלָֽיו׃
1 Samuel 17:39: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he essayed to go, but could not; for he had not tried it.
- And David said unto Saul: 'I cannot go with these; for I have not tried them.' And David put them off him.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:492 of Mova's parse database.
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