1 Samuel 26:12 · JPS 1917
So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head; and they got them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them.
Who acts: David, Ziphites, man, men · What happens: take, get away, see, know, be, fall · To what, where: spear, head, spies, deep sleep
This is 1 Samuel 26:12 · 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, Ziphites, man, men), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 3 took | advmod |
| 2 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 took | nsubj |
| 3 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 spear | det |
| 5 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cruse | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cruse | det |
| 8 | cruse | cruse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spear | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spear | nmod |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 head | case |
| 12 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 head | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Saul | case |
| 14 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 took | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 got | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 got | cc |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 got | nsubj |
| 18 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 took | conj |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 got | obj |
| 20 | away | away | ADV | _ | 18 got | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 saw | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 saw | cc |
| 23 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 24 man | det |
| 24 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 saw | nsubj |
| 25 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 got | conj |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 saw | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 knew | punct |
| 28 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 29 knew | cc |
| 29 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 saw | conj |
| 30 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 knew | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 did | punct |
| 32 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 33 did | cc |
| 33 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 saw | conj |
| 34 | any | any | PRON | PronType=Ind | 33 did | nsubj |
| 35 | awake | awake | ADV | _ | 33 did | advmod |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 asleep | punct |
| 37 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 41 asleep | mark |
| 38 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 asleep | nsubj |
| 39 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 asleep | cop |
| 40 | all | all | ADV | _ | 41 asleep | advmod |
| 41 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 got | advcl |
| 42 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 fallen | punct |
| 43 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 51 fallen | mark |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 sleep | det |
| 45 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 sleep | amod |
| 46 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 fallen | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | from | from | ADP | _ | 49 LORD | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 LORD | det |
| 49 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 sleep | nmod |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 fallen | aux:pass |
| 51 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 asleep | advcl |
| 52 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 53 them | case |
| 53 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 fallen | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 took | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
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- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | David | the spear of water and the cruse | Saul's head | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent spear=Theme from head=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | get away | past | Ziphites = ziphite | spies = spy | away property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | see | past | no man | spear | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | know | past | no man not said here | spear | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | is | past | men = man | all, asleep property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | fall | past · passive | a deep sleep from the LORD | upon men = man | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: subject=Result |
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
וַיִּקַּח֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶֽת־הַחֲנִ֜ית וְאֶת־צַפַּ֤חַת הַמַּ֙יִם֙ מֵרַאֲשֹׁתֵ֣י שָׁא֔וּל וַיֵּלְכ֖וּ לָהֶ֑ם וְאֵ֣ין רֹאֶה֩ וְאֵ֨ין יוֹדֵ֜עַ וְאֵ֣ין מֵקִ֗יץ כִּ֤י כֻלָּם֙ יְשֵׁנִ֔ים כִּ֚י תַּרְדֵּמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה נָפְלָ֖ה עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
1 Samuel 26:12: 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:779 of Mova's parse database.
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