--- title: 1 Samuel 9:6 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto him: 'Behold now, there is in this city a man of Go… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto him: 'Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man that is held in honour; all that he saith cometh surely to pass; now let us go thither; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.' 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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 (father, man, all, us), 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:203 # text = And he said unto him: 'Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man that is held in honour; all that he saith cometh surely to pass; now let us go thither; peradventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 8 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nsubj _ _ 33 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 surely surely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 42 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 thither thither ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 47 peradventure peradventure ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 51 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 iobj _ _ 52 concerning concerning ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 55 whereon whereon ADV WRB PronType=Rel 57 advmod _ _ 56 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - 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 | father | | | | | unto Kish | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | a man of God | | | this city; there | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | | 3 | **is a** | present | father | a man | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | present · passive | | a man | | honour | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in honour=Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | father | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 6 | **come** | present | all | | | | | surely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **pass** | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | now | | tree rules | | 9 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | thither *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | can | father | | us | | | concerning our journey; peradventure *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 11 | **go** | present | we | | | | | whereon *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **journey** | | our | | | | | | nom journey «act 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ הִנֵּה־נָ֤א אִישׁ־אֱלֹהִים֙ בָּעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את וְהָאִ֣ישׁ נִכְבָּ֔ד כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־יְדַבֵּ֖ר בּ֣וֹא יָב֑וֹא עַתָּה֙ נֵ֣לֲכָה שָּׁ֔ם אוּלַי֙ יַגִּ֣יד לָ֔נוּ אֶת־דַּרְכֵּ֖נוּ אֲשֶׁר־הָלַ֥כְנוּ עָלֶֽיהָ׃ [1 Samuel 9:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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