--- title: 1 Chronicles 12:20 (JPS 1917) — Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with th… · tree and pragmatics description: Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying: 'He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.' 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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 (some, David, Philistines, lords), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:1CH:540 # text = Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they helped them not; for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying: 'He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.' 1 Of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 also also ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 there there PRON EX _ 5 expl _ _ 5 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 battle battle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 helped help VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 advisement advisement NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 36 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 40 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 41 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 43 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 appos _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 jeopardy jeopardy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall away** | past | some | | David | there | | of Manasseh; away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **come** | past | David | | | Saul | | with the Philistines | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against saul=Location | | 3 | **battle** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **help** | past | Philistines *= philistine* | peace | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary | | 5 | **send away** | past | the lords of the Philistines | David | | | | upon advisement; away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the lords of the Philistines *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **fall away** | future | David | | | | | to David's master; to the jeopardy of our heads; 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 {#hebrew} וּמִֽמְּנַשֶּׁ֞ה נָפְל֣וּ עַל־דָּוִ֗יד בְּבֹא֨וֹ עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֧ים עַל־שָׁא֛וּל לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה וְלֹ֣א עֲזָרֻ֑ם כִּ֣י בְעֵצָ֗ה שִׁלְּחֻ֜הוּ סַרְנֵ֤י פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר בְּרָאשֵׁ֕ינוּ יִפּ֖וֹל אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֥יו שָׁאֽוּל׃ [1 Chronicles 12:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1CH:540` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Chronicles 12:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.539/) - next →: [1 Chronicles 12:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.541/) - ↑ back to [1 Chronicles 12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.20/)