1 Samuel 29:3 · JPS 1917
Then said the princes of the Philistines: 'What do these Hebrews here?' And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines: 'Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day?'
Who acts: princes, Achish, this, servant, I · What happens: say, not be, be, find, fall away · To what, where: David, fault · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 29:3 · 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 (princes, Achish, this, servant), 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 | 2 said | advmod |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princes | det |
| 4 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 said | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Philistines | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Philistines | det |
| 7 | Philistines | philistine | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 princes | nmod |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 10 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 do | obj |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | ccomp |
| 12 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 13 Hebrews | det |
| 13 | Hebrews | Hebrew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 do | nsubj |
| 14 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 do | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 17 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 said | cc |
| 18 | Achish | Achish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 said | nsubj |
| 19 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 said | conj |
| 20 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 22 princes | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 princes | det |
| 22 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 said | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Philistines | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Philistines | det |
| 25 | Philistines | philistine | PROPN | Number=Plur | 22 princes | nmod |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 David | punct |
| 27 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 31 David | punct |
| 28 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 David | cop |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 David | advmod |
| 30 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 David | nsubj |
| 31 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 said | ccomp |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 servant | punct |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 servant | det |
| 34 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 David | appos |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Saul | case |
| 36 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 servant | nmod |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 king | det |
| 38 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 Saul | appos |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Israel | case |
| 40 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 king | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 me | punct |
| 42 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 46 me | nsubj |
| 43 | hath | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 me | aux |
| 44 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 me | cop |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 me | case |
| 46 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 servant | acl:relcl |
| 47 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 48 days | det |
| 48 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 me | obl:unmarked |
| 49 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 51 years | cc |
| 50 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 51 years | det |
| 51 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 days | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 found | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 found | cc |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 56 found | nsubj |
| 55 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 found | aux |
| 56 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 David | conj |
| 57 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 58 fault | det |
| 58 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 found | obj |
| 59 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 him | case |
| 60 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 found | obl |
| 61 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 63 fell | mark |
| 62 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 fell | nsubj |
| 63 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 found | advcl |
| 64 | away | away | ADV | _ | 63 fell | advmod |
| 65 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 66 me | case |
| 66 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 63 fell | obl |
| 67 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 69 day | case |
| 68 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 69 day | det |
| 69 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 fell | obl |
| 70 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
| 71 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 2 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- wh-question
- act
- ask
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the princes of the Philistines | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Achish | unto the princes of the Philistines | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not is a | present | this | David | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present · perfect | the servant of Saul | day | with me | tree rules | |||
| 5 | find | present · perfect | I | no fault | in Achish | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic | |||
| 6 | fall away | past | Achish | day | unto me; away property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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
וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים מָ֖ה הָעִבְרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אָכִ֜ישׁ אֶל־שָׂרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים הֲלֽוֹא־זֶ֨ה דָוִ֜ד עֶ֣בֶד ׀ שָׁא֣וּל מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה אִתִּי֙ זֶ֤ה יָמִים֙ אוֹ־זֶ֣ה שָׁנִ֔ים וְלֹֽא־מָצָ֤אתִי בוֹ֙ מְא֔וּמָה מִיּ֥וֹם נָפְל֖וֹ עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃פ
1 Samuel 29:3: 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:840 of Mova's parse database.
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