--- title: 1 Samuel 10:8 (JPS 1917) — And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come… · tree and pragmatics description: And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings; seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come unto thee, and tell thee what thou shalt do.' 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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 (thou, I), 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:236 # text = And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt-offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings; seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come unto thee, and tell thee what thou shalt do.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Gilgal Gilgal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 behold behold INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 18 down down ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 24 burnt burnt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 sacrifice sacrifice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 31 sacrifices sacrifice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ _ 35 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 38 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 39 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 41 tarry tarry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 till till SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 46 unto unto ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 51 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 iobj _ _ 52 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 55 obj _ _ 53 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 55 nsubj _ _ 54 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 ccomp _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go down** | shall | thou | | Gilgal | | before me | down *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before i=Location | | 2 | **come down** | future | I | | | | | unto thee; down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **offer** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | burnt offerings | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 4 | **sacrifice** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | sacrifices of peace offerings | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme | | 5 | **tarry** | shall | thou | | | | day | | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | present | I | | | | | unto thee | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **do** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 9 | **sacrifice** | | | peace offerings | | | | | nom sacrifice «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְיָרַדְתָּ֣ לְפָנַי֮ הַגִּלְגָּל֒ וְהִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ יֹרֵ֣ד אֵלֶ֔יךָ לְהַעֲל֣וֹת עֹל֔וֹת לִזְבֹּ֖חַ זִבְחֵ֣י שְׁלָמִ֑ים שִׁבְעַ֨ת יָמִ֤ים תּוֹחֵל֙ עַד־בּוֹאִ֣י אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְהוֹדַעְתִּ֣י לְךָ֔ אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֶֽׂה׃ [1 Samuel 10:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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