1 Samuel 23:17 · JPS 1917
And he said unto him: 'Fear not; for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.'
Who acts: David, hand, thou, I, Saul · What happens: say, not fear, not find, be, know · To what, where: thee, king, Israel · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 23:17 · 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, hand, thou, 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 | 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 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Fear | punct |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 Fear | punct |
| 8 | Fear | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 Fear | advmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 Fear | punct |
| 11 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 20 find | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hand | det |
| 13 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 find | nsubj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 Saul | case |
| 15 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 hand | nmod |
| 16 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 father | nmod:poss |
| 17 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hand | appos |
| 18 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 find | aux |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 find | advmod |
| 20 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 Fear | parataxis |
| 21 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 find | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 king | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 king | cc |
| 24 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 27 king | nsubj |
| 25 | shalt | shall | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 27 king | aux |
| 26 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 27 king | cop |
| 27 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 find | conj |
| 28 | over | over | ADP | _ | 29 Israel | case |
| 29 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 king | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 next | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 next | cc |
| 32 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 next | nsubj |
| 33 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 next | aux |
| 34 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 next | cop |
| 35 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 king | conj |
| 36 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 37 thee | case |
| 37 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 35 next | obl |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 knoweth | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 knoweth | cc |
| 40 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 45 knoweth | mark |
| 41 | also | also | ADV | _ | 45 knoweth | advmod |
| 42 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 knoweth | nsubj |
| 43 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 father | nmod:poss |
| 44 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 Saul | appos |
| 45 | knoweth | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Fear | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 47 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- warn
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- indirect
- yes
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | David | unto God | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not fear | infinitive | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | not find | shall | the hand of Saul | thee | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Topic | ||||
| 4 | is a | shall | thou | king | Israel | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is | shall | I | unto thee; next property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | know | present | Saul | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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 אֵלָ֜יו אַל־תִּירָ֗א כִּ֠י לֹ֤א תִֽמְצָאֲךָ֙ יַ֚ד שָׁא֣וּל אָבִ֔י וְאַתָּה֙ תִּמְלֹ֣ךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאָנֹכִ֖י אֶֽהְיֶה־לְּךָ֣ לְמִשְׁנֶ֑ה וְגַם־שָׁא֥וּל אָבִ֖י יֹדֵ֥עַ כֵּֽן׃
1 Samuel 23:17: 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:681 of Mova's parse database.
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