--- title: 1 Samuel 9:9 (JPS 1917) — Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he sai… · tree and pragmatics description: Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said: 'Come and let us go to the seer'; for he that is now called a prophet was beforetime called a seer. — Who acts: man, us. 1 Samuel 9:9 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.206/) [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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/9/) / [9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.9/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 9:9 · JPS 1917 Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said: 'Come and let us go to the seer'; for he that is now called a prophet was beforetime called a seer. — **Who acts:** man, us · **What happens:** go, inquire, say, come, let, call · **To what, where:** Israel, us, seer, prophet, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 9:9 · 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 (man, 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:206 # text = Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said: 'Come and let us go to the seer'; for he that is now called a prophet was beforetime called a seer. — 1 Beforetime beforetime ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 inquire inquire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 14 thus thus ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 seer seer NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 xcomp _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 beforetime beforetime ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 seer seer NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 xcomp _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 43 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | a man | | | | | beforetime *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a man *not said here* | | | | | of God | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of god=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | Israel | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | the seer | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to seer=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **call** | present · passive | | a prophet | | | now | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 8 | **call** | past · passive | | man | | | | beforetime *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | 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} לְפָנִ֣ים ׀ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כֹּֽה־אָמַ֤ר הָאִישׁ֙ בְּלֶכְתּוֹ֙ לִדְר֣וֹשׁ אֱלֹהִ֔ים לְכ֥וּ וְנֵלְכָ֖ה עַד־הָרֹאֶ֑ה כִּ֤י לַנָּבִיא֙ הַיּ֔וֹם יִקָּרֵ֥א לְפָנִ֖ים הָרֹאֶֽה׃ [1 Samuel 9:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:206` 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 Samuel 9:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.205/) - next →: [1 Samuel 9:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.207/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.9/)