1 Samuel 28:20 · JPS 1917
Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Who acts: Saul, strength · What happens: fall, be, eat, word · To what, where: full length, bread, Samuel
This is 1 Samuel 28:20 · 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 (Saul, strength), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 fell | advmod |
| 2 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | nsubj |
| 3 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | straightway | straightway | ADV | _ | 3 fell | advmod |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 length | nmod:poss |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 length | amod |
| 7 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | obj |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 earth | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 earth | det |
| 10 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 afraid | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 afraid | cc |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 afraid | cop |
| 14 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 afraid | advmod |
| 15 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fell | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 words | punct |
| 17 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 20 words | case |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 because | fixed |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 words | det |
| 20 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 afraid | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Samuel | case |
| 22 | Samuel | Samuel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 words | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 was | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 was | cc |
| 25 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 26 was | expl |
| 26 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fell | conj |
| 27 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 28 strength | det |
| 28 | strength | strength | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 was | nsubj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 him | case |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 strength | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 eaten | punct |
| 32 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 35 eaten | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 eaten | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 eaten | aux |
| 35 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 fell | advcl |
| 36 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 37 bread | det |
| 37 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 eaten | obj |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 day | det:predet |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 day | det |
| 40 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 eaten | obl:unmarked |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 night | punct |
| 42 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 45 night | cc |
| 43 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 night | det:predet |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 night | det |
| 45 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 day | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fell | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | Saul | Saul's full length | then | upon the earth; straightway property | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient length=Result | ||
| 2 | is | past | Saul not said here | because the words of Samuel; afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | past | no strength in Saul | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | eat | past · perfect | strength | no bread | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | |||
| 5 | word | Samuel | 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
וַיְמַהֵ֣ר שָׁא֗וּל וַיִּפֹּ֤ל מְלֹא־קֽוֹמָתוֹ֙ אַ֔רְצָה וַיִּרָ֥א מְאֹ֖ד מִדִּבְרֵ֣י שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל גַּם־כֹּ֙חַ֙ לֹא־הָ֣יָה ב֔וֹ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א אָכַל֙ לֶ֔חֶם כָּל־הַיּ֖וֹם וְכָל־הַלָּֽיְלָה׃
1 Samuel 28:20: 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:830 of Mova's parse database.
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