--- title: 1 Samuel 9:24 (JPS 1917) — And Samuel said: 'Behold that which hath been reserved! set it befor… · tree and pragmatics description: And Samuel said: 'Behold that which hath been reserved! set it before thee and eat; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, for I said: I have invited the people.' So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 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So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. **Who acts:** Samuel, that, I, Saul · **What happens:** say, reserve, set, eat, appoint, keep · **To what, where:** cook, thee, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 9:24 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (Samuel, that, I, Saul), 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:225 # text = And Samuel said: 'Behold that which hath been reserved! set it before thee and eat; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, for I said: I have invited the people.' So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 6 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 7 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 nsubj _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 reserved reserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 ! ! PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 13 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 20 because because SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 amod _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 25 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 42 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 43 So so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 44 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 50 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samuel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **reserve** | present · perfect · passive | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **set** | infinitive | that | cook | | thee | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme before thou=Destination | | 4 | **eat** | infinitive | that *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive | | cook | | | time | for thee | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **invite** | present · perfect | I | | the people | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | | 9 | **eat** | past · do-support | Saul | | | | day | with Samuel | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיָּ֣רֶם הַ֠טַּבָּח אֶת־הַשּׁ֨וֹק וְהֶעָלֶ֜יהָ וַיָּ֣שֶׂם ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י שָׁא֗וּל וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הִנֵּ֤ה הַנִּשְׁאָר֙ שִׂים־לְפָנֶ֣יךָ אֱכֹ֔ל כִּ֧י לַמּוֹעֵ֛ד שָֽׁמוּר־לְךָ֥ לֵאמֹ֖ר הָעָ֣ם ׀ קָרָ֑אתִי וַיֹּ֧אכַל שָׁא֛וּל עִם־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃ [1 Samuel 9:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.24/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.224/) 2. **And Samuel said: 'Behold that which hath been reserved! set it before thee and eat; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, for I said: I have invited the people.' So Saul did eat with Samuel that day.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:225` 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 9:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.224/) - next →: [1 Samuel 9:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.226/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 9:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.9.24/)