1 Samuel 21:3 · JPS 1917

And David said unto Ahimelech the priest: 'The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me: Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee; and the young men have I appointed to such and such a place.

Who acts: David, king, man, I · What happens: say, command, let, know, send, appoint · To what, where: business, me, man, thing, thee, young men · Speech: someone speaks here

This is 1 Samuel 21:3 · JPS 1917 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, king, man, I), 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	David	David	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	unto	unto	ADP	_	5 Ahimelech	case
5	Ahimelech	Ahimelech	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 said	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 priest	det
7	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Ahimelech	appos
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 commanded	punct
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	13 commanded	punct
10	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 commanded	nsubj
12	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 commanded	aux
13	commanded	command	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 said	ccomp
14	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 commanded	iobj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 business	det
16	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 commanded	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 said	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 said	cc
19	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 said	aux
20	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 commanded	conj
21	unto	unto	ADP	_	22 me	case
22	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 said	obl
23	:	:	PUNCT	_	24 Let	punct
24	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 said	ccomp
25	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	26 man	det
26	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 Let	obj
27	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 Let	xcomp
28	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	29 thing	det
29	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 know	obj
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 business	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 business	det
32	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 thing	nmod
33	whereabout	whereabout	ADV	PronType=Rel	35 send	advmod
34	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	35 send	nsubj
35	send	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 know	advcl
36	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	35 send	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 commanded	punct
38	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 commanded	cc
39	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	42 commanded	obj
40	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	42 commanded	nsubj
41	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	42 commanded	aux
42	commanded	command	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	35 send	conj
43	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	42 commanded	obj
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 appointed	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 appointed	cc
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 men	det
47	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	48 men	amod
48	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 appointed	obj
49	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	51 appointed	aux
50	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	51 appointed	nsubj
51	appointed	appoint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 said	conj
52	to	to	ADP	_	57 place	case
53	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	57 place	amod
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 such	cc
55	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 such	conj
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	57 place	det
57	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 appointed	obl
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

Pragmatics

form: statement
act: assert
voice: character
polarity: none
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	David			unto Ahimelech	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	command	present · perfect	the king	a business	me		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present · perfect	the king not said here			unto me	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	let	infinitive		no man			tree rules
5	know	infinitive	no man not said here	any thing of the business			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus
6	send	present	I	thee		whereabout property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme
7	command	present · perfect	I	thee			tree rules
8	appoint	present · perfect	I	the young men		to a such place	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent man=Theme to place=Attribute

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

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד לַאֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ הַכֹּהֵ֗ן הַמֶּלֶךְ֮ צִוַּ֣נִי דָבָר֒ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י אִ֣ישׁ אַל־יֵ֧דַע מְא֛וּמָה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֛ר אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִ֥י שֹׁלֵֽחֲךָ֖ וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֑ךָ וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֣ים יוֹדַ֔עְתִּי אֶל־מְק֥וֹם פְּלֹנִ֖י אַלְמוֹנִֽי׃

1 Samuel 21:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →

Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:622 of Mova's parse database.

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