--- title: 1 Samuel 10:16 (JPS 1917) — And Saul said unto his uncle: 'He told us plainly that the asses wer… · tree and pragmatics description: And Saul said unto his uncle: 'He told us plainly that the asses were found.' But concerning the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke, he told him not. 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But concerning the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke, he told him not. **Who acts:** Saul, Samuel, kingdom · **What happens:** say, tell, find, speak, not tell, matter · **To what, where:** us, asses, Samuel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 10:16 · JPS 1917 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 (Saul, Samuel, kingdom), 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:245 # text = And Saul said unto his uncle: 'He told us plainly that the asses were found.' But concerning the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke, he told him not. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 18 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 20 But but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 21 concerning concern ADP VBG _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 29 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 36 . . 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 | Saul | | | | | unto Saul's uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | us | | | plainly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent we=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **find** | past · passive | | the asses | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Samuel | | | | | whereof *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | Samuel | | | concern the matter of the kingdom | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 6 | **matter** | | the kingdom | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־דּוֹד֔וֹ הַגֵּ֤ד הִגִּיד֙ לָ֔נוּ כִּ֥י נִמְצְא֖וּ הָאֲתֹנ֑וֹת וְאֶת־דְּבַ֤ר הַמְּלוּכָה֙ לֹֽא־הִגִּ֣יד ל֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר אָמַ֥ר שְׁמוּאֵֽל׃פ [1 Samuel 10:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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