--- title: 1 Samuel 9:16 (JPS 1917) — 'To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of… · tree and pragmatics description: 'To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over My people Israel, and he shall save My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry is come unto Me.' 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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 (I, thou, man, people), 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:214 # text = 'To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be prince over My people Israel, and he shall save My people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry is come unto Me.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 2 To to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ _ 4 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 iobj _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 out out ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 anoint anoint VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 xcomp _ _ 29 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 38 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 40 out out ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 52 upon upon ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 because because SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 cry cry NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 advcl _ _ 61 unto unto ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 64 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | future | I | a man | thee | the land of Benjamin | time | to morrow | tree rules | | 2 | **anoint** | shall | thou | man | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Result | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | prince | | | | over My people | tree rules | | 4 | **save** | shall | man | My people | | the hand of the Philistines | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | | 5 | **look** | present · perfect | I | | | | | upon My people | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon people=Theme | | 6 | **come** | present · passive | | people's cry | | | | unto Me | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **cry** | | people | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: 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} כָּעֵ֣ת ׀ מָחָ֡ר אֶשְׁלַח֩ אֵלֶ֨יךָ אִ֜ישׁ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֗ן וּמְשַׁחְתּ֤וֹ לְנָגִיד֙ עַל־עַמִּ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אֶת־עַמִּ֖י מִיַּ֣ד פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים כִּ֤י רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י כִּ֛י בָּ֥אָה צַעֲקָת֖וֹ אֵלָֽי׃ [1 Samuel 9:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:214` 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 9:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.213/) - next →: [1 Samuel 9:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.215/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 9:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.16/)