1 Samuel 18:27 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law.
Who acts: David, foreskins · What happens: arise, go, slew, bring, give, be · To what, where: hundred men, foreskins, men, king, full number, son
This is 1 Samuel 18:27 · 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, foreskins), 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 arose | cc |
| 2 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 arose | nsubj |
| 3 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 went | cc |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 arose | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 he | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 men | cc |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 men | nmod:poss |
| 10 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 he | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 slew | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 slew | cc |
| 13 | slew | slew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 arose | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Philistines | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Philistines | det |
| 16 | Philistines | philistine | PROPN | Number=Plur | 13 slew | obl |
| 17 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 hundred | compound |
| 18 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 19 men | nummod |
| 19 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 slew | obj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 brought | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 brought | cc |
| 22 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 brought | nsubj |
| 23 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 arose | conj |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 foreskins | nmod:poss |
| 25 | foreskins | foreskin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 brought | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 gave | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 gave | cc |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 gave | nsubj |
| 29 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 brought | conj |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 gave | obj |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 number | case |
| 32 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 number | amod |
| 33 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 gave | obl |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 king | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 king | det |
| 36 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 gave | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 son | punct |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 son | mark |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 son | nsubj |
| 40 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 son | aux |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 45 son | cop |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 king | det |
| 43 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 son | nmod:poss |
| 44 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 43 king | case |
| 45 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 gave | advcl |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 49 law | punct |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 law | case |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 in | punct |
| 49 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 son | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 arose | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arise | past | David | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go | past | David | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | slew | past | David not said here | hundred men | of the Philistines | tree rules | |||
| 4 | bring | past | David | men's foreskins | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent foreskin=Theme | ||||
| 5 | give | past | foreskins = foreskin | men = man | the king | full number | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to king=Recipient | ||
| 6 | is a | might | David | the king's son | law | 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
וַיָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֜ד וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ ׀ ה֣וּא וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו וַיַּ֣ךְ בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ מָאתַ֣יִם אִישׁ֒ וַיָּבֵ֤א דָוִד֙ אֶת־עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וַיְמַלְא֣וּם לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת־מִיכַ֥ל בִּתּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ס
1 Samuel 18:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law.
- And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:543 of Mova's parse database.
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