1 Samuel 20:29 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
and he said: Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me; and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren.
Who acts: David, me, I, family · What happens: say, let, go, pray, have, command · To what, where: me, thee, sacrifice, city, favour, eyes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 20:29 · 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, me, I, family), 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 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Let | punct |
| 5 | Let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 Let | obj |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 Let | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 pray | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 pray | nsubj |
| 10 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Let | parataxis |
| 11 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 10 pray | obj |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 hath | punct |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 16 hath | mark |
| 14 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 family | nmod:poss |
| 15 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hath | nsubj |
| 16 | hath | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 sacrifice | det |
| 18 | sacrifice | sacrifice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hath | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 city | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 city | det |
| 21 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sacrifice | nmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 commanded | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 commanded | cc |
| 24 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 brother | nmod:poss |
| 25 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 commanded | dislocated |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 brother | punct |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 commanded | nsubj |
| 28 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 commanded | aux |
| 29 | commanded | command | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 said | conj |
| 30 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 commanded | obj |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 let | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 let | cc |
| 33 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 let | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 found | punct |
| 35 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 38 found | mark |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 found | nsubj |
| 37 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 found | aux |
| 38 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 let | advcl |
| 39 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 found | obj |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 eyes | case |
| 41 | thine | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 42 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 42 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 found | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 found | punct |
| 44 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | conj |
| 45 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 let | obj |
| 46 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 let | xcomp |
| 47 | away | away | ADV | _ | 46 get | advmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 pray | punct |
| 49 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 pray | nsubj |
| 50 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 51 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 50 pray | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 see | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 see | cc |
| 54 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 get | conj |
| 55 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 brethren | nmod:poss |
| 56 | brethren | brethren | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 see | obj |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- other
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=other, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | me not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | pray | present | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | have | present | our family | a sacrifice | the city | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Patient | |||
| 6 | command | present · perfect | David | me | my brother dislocated | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 7 | find a condition, not said to happen | present · perfect | I | favour | thine eyes | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | |||
| 8 | let | infinitive | David not said here | me | now | tree rules | |||
| 9 | get away | infinitive | me not said here | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 10 | pray | present | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | see | infinitive | me not said here | my brethren | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brethren=Stimulus |
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
וַיֹּ֡אמֶר שַׁלְּחֵ֣נִי נָ֡א כִּ֣י זֶבַח֩ מִשְׁפָּחָ֨ה לָ֜נוּ בָּעִ֗יר וְה֤וּא צִוָּֽה־לִי֙ אָחִ֔י וְעַתָּ֗ה אִם־מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ אִמָּ֥לְטָה נָּ֖א וְאֶרְאֶ֣ה אֶת־אֶחָ֑י עַל־כֵּ֣ן לֹא־בָ֔א אֶל־שֻׁלְחַ֖ן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס
1 Samuel 20:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- and he said: Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me; and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren.
- Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.'
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:605 of Mova's parse database.
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