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title: 1 Samuel 9:7 (JPS 1917) — Then said Saul to his servant: 'But, behold, if we go, what shall we… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then said Saul to his servant: 'But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God; what have we?' Who acts: Saul, we, present. 1 Samuel 9:7 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every 
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# 1 Samuel 9:7 · JPS 1917

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Then said Saul to his servant: 'But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God; what have we?'

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**Who acts:** Saul, we, present · **What happens:** say, go, bring, spend, not be, have · **To what, where:** man, bread, vessels · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Samuel 9:7 · 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 (Saul, we, present), 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:204
# text = Then said Saul to his servant: 'But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God; what have we?'
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
8	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
9	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	20	discourse	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	obj	_	_
18	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
24	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	advcl	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	35	expl	_	_
35	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	conj	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	35	advmod	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
39	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
40	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	acl	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
46	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	_
47	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	48	obj	_	_
48	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
49	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
50	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
51	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: yes/no question
- act: ask
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=q, act=ask

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul |  |  |  | then | to Saul's servant | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient whether/if S»: agent=Pivot to servant=Experiencer clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **bring** | shall | we |  | the man |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument what=Theme man=Destination |
| 4 | **spend** | present · passive |  | the bread |  | our vessels |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 5 | **not** **be** | present | a present |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive | a present *not said here* |  | the man of God |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to man=Destination |
| 7 | **have** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |

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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}

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וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל לְנַעֲר֗וֹ וְהִנֵּ֣ה נֵלֵךְ֮ וּמַה־נָּבִ֣יא לָאִישׁ֒ כִּ֤י הַלֶּ֙חֶם֙ אָזַ֣ל מִכֵּלֵ֔ינוּ וּתְשׁוּרָ֥ה אֵין־לְהָבִ֖יא לְאִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים מָ֖ה אִתָּֽנוּ׃

[1 Samuel 9:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.7/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:204` of Mova's parse database.

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