1 Samuel 20:21 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
If I say unto the lad: Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as the LORD liveth.
Who acts: I, arrows, peace, LORD · What happens: say, be, take, come, live · To what, where: side, arrows · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 20:21 · 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: who acts (I, arrows, peace, LORD), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 say | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 say | nsubj |
| 3 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 take | advcl |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 6 lad | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lad | det |
| 6 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 say | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Behold | punct |
| 8 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 15 side | discourse |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Behold | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 arrows | det |
| 11 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 side | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 side | cop |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 side | case |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 side | det |
| 15 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 thee | case |
| 17 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 side | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 take | punct |
| 19 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 15 side | parataxis |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 take | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 come | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 come | cc |
| 23 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 take | conj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 is | punct |
| 25 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 is | mark |
| 26 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 27 is | expl |
| 27 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 take | advcl |
| 28 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 is | nsubj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 thee | case |
| 30 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 peace | nmod |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 hurt | cc |
| 32 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 33 hurt | det |
| 33 | hurt | hurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 peace | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 liveth | punct |
| 35 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 liveth | mark |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 LORD | det |
| 37 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 liveth | nsubj |
| 38 | liveth | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 is | advcl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 side | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen | present | I | unto the lad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the arrows | this side | of thee | tree rules | |||
| 3 | take | infinitive | arrows = arrow | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||||
| 4 | come | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | does | present | peace to thee and no hurt | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | live | present | the LORD | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
וְהִנֵּה֙ אֶשְׁלַ֣ח אֶת־הַנַּ֔עַר לֵ֖ךְ מְצָ֣א אֶת־הַחִצִּ֑ים אִם־אָמֹר֩ אֹמַ֨ר לַנַּ֜עַר הִנֵּ֥ה הַחִצִּ֣ים ׀ מִמְּךָ֣ וָהֵ֗נָּה קָחֶ֧נּוּ ׀ וָבֹ֛אָה כִּֽי־שָׁל֥וֹם לְךָ֛ וְאֵ֥ין דָּבָ֖ר חַי־יְהוָֽה׃
1 Samuel 20:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- And, behold, I will send the lad: Go, find the arrows.
- If I say unto the lad: Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as the LORD liveth.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:597 of Mova's parse database.
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