--- title: 1 Samuel 1:17 (JPS 1917) — Then Eli answered and said: 'Go in peace, and the God of Israel gran… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Eli answered and said: 'Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of Him.' Who acts: Eli, God, thou, thy. 1 Samuel 1:17 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.17/) [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/) / [1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.17/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 1:17 · JPS 1917 Then Eli answered and said: 'Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of Him.' **Who acts:** Eli, God, thou, thy · **What happens:** answer, say, go, grant, ask, petition · **To what, where:** peace, petition · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 1:17 · 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 (Eli, God, thou, thy), 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:17 # text = Then Eli answered and said: 'Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of Him.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Eli Eli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 petition petition NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 21 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nsubj _ _ 22 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Eli | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Eli *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | | | | peace | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | | 4 | **grant** | infinitive | the God of Israel | thy petition | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent petition=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · perfect | thou | thy petition | | | | of God | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient | | 6 | **petition** | | thy | | | | | | nom petition «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיַּ֧עַן עֵלִ֛י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְכִ֣י לְשָׁל֑וֹם וֵאלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל יִתֵּן֙ אֶת־שֵׁ֣לָתֵ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁאַ֖לְתְּ מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃ [1 Samuel 1:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.1.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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