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title: 1 Samuel 10:21 (JPS 1917) — And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they sought him, he could not be found. Who acts: Samuel, tribes. 1 Samuel 10:21 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause
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# 1 Samuel 10:21 · JPS 1917

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And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they sought him, he could not be found.

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**Who acts:** Samuel, tribes · **What happens:** bring, take, seek, not find · **To what, where:** tribe, family, Saul, Samuel

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This is 1 Samuel 10:21 · 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 (Samuel, tribes), 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:251
# text = And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites was taken; and Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they sought him, he could not be found.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Benjamin	Benjamin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	near	near	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Matrites	matrite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
21	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
23	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Kish	Kish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
31	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
32	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	34	mark	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	sought	seek	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	41	advcl	_	_
35	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
37	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
39	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
40	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Samuel | the tribe of Benjamin |  |  |  | by tribes's families; near *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tribe=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | past · passive |  | the family of the Matrites |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **take** | past · passive |  | Saul |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |
| 4 | **seek** | past | tribes *= tribe* | Samuel |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 5 | **not** **find** | could · passive |  | Samuel |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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}

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וַיַּקְרֵ֞ב אֶת־שֵׁ֤בֶט בִּנְיָמִן֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו וַתִּלָּכֵ֖ד מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת הַמַּטְרִ֑י וַיִּלָּכֵד֙ שָׁא֣וּל בֶּן־קִ֔ישׁ וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ וְלֹ֥א נִמְצָֽא׃

[1 Samuel 10:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.10.21/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:251` of Mova's parse database.

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