1 Samuel 26:19 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
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.
Who acts: servant, LORD, you, men, I · What happens: be, stir up, let, accept, curse, drive out · To what, where: LORD, thee, offering, children, men, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 26:19 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 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 (servant, LORD, you, 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 LORD | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 LORD | nsubj |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 LORD | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 LORD | det |
| 5 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 let | advcl |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 stirred | nsubj |
| 7 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 stirred | aux |
| 8 | stirred | stir | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 LORD | acl:relcl |
| 9 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 stirred | obj |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 stirred | compound:prt |
| 11 | against | against | ADP | _ | 12 me | case |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 stirred | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 LORD | punct |
| 14 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | Him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 let | obj |
| 16 | accept | accept | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 let | xcomp |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 offering | det |
| 18 | offering | offering | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 accept | obj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 cursed | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 cursed | cc |
| 21 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 children | mark |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 children | nsubj |
| 23 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 25 children | cop |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 children | det |
| 25 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 cursed | advcl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 men | case |
| 27 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 children | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 children | punct |
| 29 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 let | conj |
| 30 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 29 cursed | aux:pass |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 cursed | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | before | before | ADP | _ | 34 LORD | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 LORD | det |
| 34 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 cursed | obl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 driven | punct |
| 36 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 39 driven | mark |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 driven | nsubj |
| 38 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 driven | aux |
| 39 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 cursed | advcl |
| 40 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 driven | obj |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 39 driven | compound:prt |
| 42 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 day | det |
| 43 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 driven | obl:unmarked |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 48 cleave | mark |
| 45 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 cleave | nsubj |
| 46 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 cleave | aux |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 cleave | advmod |
| 48 | cleave | cleave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 driven | advcl |
| 49 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 51 inheritance | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 inheritance | det |
| 51 | inheritance | inheritance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 cleave | obl |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 LORD | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 LORD | det |
| 54 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 51 inheritance | nmod |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 saying | punct |
| 56 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 driven | advcl |
| 57 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 58 Go | punct |
| 58 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 56 saying | ccomp |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 serve | punct |
| 60 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 58 Go | conj |
| 61 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 gods | amod |
| 62 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 serve | obj |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 let | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | servant | the LORD | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stir up | present · perfect | the LORD | thee | against me | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition thou=Patient | |||
| 3 | let | imperative | you not said here | LORD | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | accept | infinitive | LORD not said here | a offering | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is a a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | servant | the children | of men | tree rules | |||
| 6 | curse | infinitive · passive | men = man | before the LORD | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | drive out | present · perfect | men = man | me | day | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | |||
| 8 | not cleave | should | I | unto the inheritance of the LORD | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 9 | say speech: assert | gerund | men = man not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 10 | go | infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 11 | serve | infinitive | other gods | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Attribute | |||||
| 12 | inherit | the LORD | nom inheritance «act 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:789 of Mova's parse database.
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