1 Samuel 27:1 · JPS 1917
And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel; so shall I escape out of his hand.'
Who acts: David, hand, nothing, I, Saul · What happens: say, sweep away, be, escape, despair, seek · To what, where: heart, I, land, me, borders, hand · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 27:1 · 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, nothing, 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 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 heart | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 heart | nmod:poss |
| 6 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | obl |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 swept | punct |
| 8 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 13 swept | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 swept | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 swept | aux |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 swept | advmod |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 swept | aux:pass |
| 13 | swept | sweep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 said | ccomp |
| 14 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 swept | advmod |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 day | nummod |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 swept | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 hand | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 hand | det |
| 19 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 swept | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Saul | case |
| 21 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 hand | nmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 is | punct |
| 23 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 24 is | expl |
| 24 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | parataxis |
| 25 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 24 is | nsubj |
| 26 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 25 nothing | amod |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 me | case |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 better | obl |
| 29 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 33 escape | mark |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 escape | mark |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 escape | nsubj |
| 32 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 escape | aux |
| 33 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 better | advcl |
| 34 | into | into | ADP | _ | 36 land | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 land | det |
| 36 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 escape | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Philistines | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Philistines | det |
| 39 | Philistines | Philistine | PROPN | Number=Plur | 36 land | nmod |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 despair | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 despair | cc |
| 42 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 despair | nsubj |
| 43 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 despair | aux |
| 44 | despair | despair | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | conj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 me | case |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 despair | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 seek | punct |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 seek | mark |
| 49 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 despair | advcl |
| 50 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 seek | obj |
| 51 | any | any | ADV | _ | 52 more | advmod |
| 52 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 49 seek | advmod |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 borders | case |
| 54 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 56 borders | det:predet |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 borders | det |
| 56 | borders | border | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 seek | obl |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 Israel | case |
| 58 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 borders | nmod |
| 59 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 escape | punct |
| 60 | so | so | ADV | _ | 63 escape | advmod |
| 61 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 escape | aux |
| 62 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 63 escape | nsubj |
| 63 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | parataxis |
| 64 | out | out | ADP | _ | 67 hand | case |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 hand | case |
| 66 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 hand | nmod:poss |
| 67 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 escape | obl |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 69 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- pos
- teacher
- changed act=narrate, voice=narrator
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | David | David's heart | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | sweep away | shall · passive | the hand of Saul | I | now; day | away property | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location subject=Theme | ||
| 3 | be | present | nothing | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | escape | should | I | the land of the Philistines | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial_Location | ||||
| 5 | despair | future | Saul | of me | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | seek | to-infinitive | Saul not said here | me | all borders of Israel | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme in border=Location | |||
| 7 | escape | shall | I | David's hand | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme out hand=Initial_Location |
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
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־לִבּ֔וֹ עַתָּ֛ה אֶסָּפֶ֥ה יוֹם־אֶחָ֖ד בְּיַד־שָׁא֑וּל אֵֽין־לִ֨י ט֜וֹב כִּ֣י הִמָּלֵ֥ט אִמָּלֵ֣ט ׀ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ מִמֶּ֤נִּי שָׁאוּל֙ לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי עוֹד֙ בְּכָל־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י מִיָּדֽוֹ׃
1 Samuel 27:1: 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:796 of Mova's parse database.
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