--- title: 1 Samuel 1:11 (JPS 1917) — And she vowed a vow, and said: 'O LORD of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed… · tree and pragmatics description: And she vowed a vow, and said: 'O LORD of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget Thy handmaid, but wilt give unto Thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/) / [chapter 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/1/) / [1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.11/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 1:11 · JPS 1917 And she vowed a vow, and said: 'O LORD of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget Thy handmaid, but wilt give unto Thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.' **Who acts:** heart, Thou, I, razor · **What happens:** vow, say, look, remember, not forget, give · **To what, where:** vow, me, handmaid, man child, LORD, head · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 1:11 · 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 (heart, Thou, I, razor), 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:1SA:11 # text = And she vowed a vow, and said: 'O LORD of hosts, if Thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of Thy handmaid, and remember me, and not forget Thy handmaid, but wilt give unto Thy handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 11 O o INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 vocative _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 18 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 affliction affliction NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 forget forget VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 35 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ _ 47 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 52 advmod _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 unto unto ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 57 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl:unmarked _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 63 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 65 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 69 expl _ _ 66 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 67 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ _ 68 razor razor NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 69 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 conj _ _ 70 upon upon ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 73 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 74 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=promise | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vow** | past | heart | a vow | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | heart *not said here* | | | | | LORD of hosts *vocative* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | Thou | | | | | on the affliction of Thy handmaid; indeed *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on affliction=Theme | | 4 | **remember** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | me | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **not** **forget** | infinitive | Thou *not said here* | Thy handmaid | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **give** | future | Thou *not said here* | a man child | | | | unto Thy handmaid | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 7 | **give** | future | I | LORD | | | then; day | unto the LORD | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **come** | shall | no razor | | | LORD's head; there | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon head=Location | | 9 | **afflict** | | | Thy handmaid | | | | | nom affliction «state 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 {#hebrew} וַתִּדֹּ֨ר נֶ֜דֶר וַתֹּאמַ֗ר יְהוָ֨ה צְבָא֜וֹת אִם־רָאֹ֥ה תִרְאֶ֣ה ׀ בָּעֳנִ֣י אֲמָתֶ֗ךָ וּזְכַרְתַּ֙נִי֙ וְלֹֽא־תִשְׁכַּ֣ח אֶת־אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְנָתַתָּ֥ה לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ זֶ֣רַע אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וּנְתַתִּ֤יו לַֽיהוָה֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיָּ֔יו וּמוֹרָ֖ה לֹא־יַעֲלֶ֥ה עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ [1 Samuel 1:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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