1 Samuel 26:19 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant.
Who acts: I, lord · What happens: pray, let, hear, word · To what, where: thee, words, servant
This is 1 Samuel 26:19 · 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 (I, 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 pray | advmod |
| 2 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 5 pray | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 therefore | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 pray | nsubj |
| 5 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 5 pray | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 let | punct |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 pray | ccomp |
| 9 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 lord | nmod:poss |
| 10 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 let | nsubj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lord | appos |
| 13 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | xcomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 words | det |
| 15 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 hear | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 servant | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 servant | nmod:poss |
| 18 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 words | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pray | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=request
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | present | I | thee | now | therefore property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | let | infinitive | my lord | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | hear | infinitive | my lord not said here | the words of LORD's servant | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | word | LORD's servant | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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
וְעַתָּ֗ה יִֽשְׁמַֽע־נָא֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֣י עַבְדּ֑וֹ אִם־יְהוָ֞ה הֱסִֽיתְךָ֥ בִי֙ יָרַ֣ח מִנְחָ֔ה וְאִ֣ם ׀ בְּנֵ֣י הָאָדָ֗ם אֲרוּרִ֥ים הֵם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־גֵרְשׁ֣וּנִי הַיּ֗וֹם מֵהִסְתַּפֵּ֜חַ בְּנַחֲלַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֵ֥ךְ עֲבֹ֖ד אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים׃
1 Samuel 26:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant.
- If it be the LORD that hath stirred thee up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of the LORD, saying: Go, serve other gods.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:788 of Mova's parse database.
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