--- title: 1 Samuel 9:20 (JPS 1917) — And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mi… · tree and pragmatics description: And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. Who acts: you, thy. 1 Samuel 9:20 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.218/) [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/) / [9:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.20/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 9:20 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 3 And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. **Who acts:** you, thy · **What happens:** lose, not set, find, mind · **To what, where:** asses, mind This is 1 Samuel 9:20 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 3 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 (you, thy), 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:218 # text = And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 11 ago ago ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 set set VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 15 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 24 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, voice=character, form=imp, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past · passive | | thine asses | | | | ago *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 2 | **not** **set** | imperative | you *not said here* | thy mind | | | | as thine asses; on asses *= ass* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent mind=Theme on they=Destination | | 3 | **find** | present · passive | | asses *= ass* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **mind** | | thy | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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} וְלָאֲתֹנ֞וֹת הָאֹבְד֣וֹת לְךָ֗ הַיּוֹם֙ שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת הַיָּמִ֔ים אַל־תָּ֧שֶׂם אֶֽת־לִבְּךָ֛ לָהֶ֖ם כִּ֣י נִמְצָ֑אוּ וּלְמִי֙ כָּל־חֶמְדַּ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֲל֣וֹא לְךָ֔ וּלְכֹ֖ל בֵּ֥ית אָבִֽיךָ׃ס [1 Samuel 9:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.20/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found.** 2. [And on whom is all the desire of Israel?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.219/) 3. [Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.220/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:218` 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 9:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.217/) - next →: [1 Samuel 9:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.219/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 9:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.20/)