--- title: 1 Samuel 9:19 (JPS 1917) — And Samuel answered Saul, and said: 'I am the seer; go up before me… · tree and pragmatics description: And Samuel answered Saul, and said: 'I am the seer; go up before me unto the high place, for ye shall eat with me to-day; and in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart. 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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 (Samuel, I, ye, thee), 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:217 # text = And Samuel answered Saul, and said: 'I am the seer; go up before me unto the high place, for ye shall eat with me to-day; and in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thy heart. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 seer seer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 15 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 16 up up ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 before before ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 obj _ _ 42 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 iobj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 46 obj _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 acl:relcl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Samuel | | Saul | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent saul=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samuel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | present | I | the seer | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go up** | infinitive | Samuel *not said here* | | | | before me | unto the high place | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **eat** | shall | ye | | | | day | with me | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **let** | future | I | thee | | | morning | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | thee *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I *not said here* | all | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient all=Topic | | 9 | **is** | present | | | | thy heart | | | tree rules | 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} וַיַּ֨עַן שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶת־שָׁא֗וּל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אָנֹכִ֣י הָרֹאֶ֔ה עֲלֵ֤ה לְפָנַי֙ הַבָּמָ֔ה וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם עִמִּ֖י הַיּ֑וֹם וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣יךָ בַבֹּ֔קֶר וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּֽלְבָבְךָ֖ אַגִּ֥יד לָֽךְ׃ [1 Samuel 9:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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