--- title: 1 Samuel 11:1 (JPS 1917) — Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash: 'Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.' 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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 (Nahash, men, we), 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:260 # text = Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash: 'Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 Nahash Nahash PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Ammonite Ammonite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 up up ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 encamped encamp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 Jabesh Jabesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 13 gilead gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Jabesh Jabesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Nahash Nahash PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | Nahash | | | | then | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **encamp** | past | Nahash *not said here* | | | | | against Jabesh gilead | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | all men of Jabesh | | | | | unto Nahash | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **make** | infinitive | | a covenant | | | | with us | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset covenant=Product | | 5 | **serve** | future | we | thee | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Attribute | 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} וַיַּ֗עַל נָחָשׁ֙ הָֽעַמּוֹנִ֔י וַיִּ֖חַן עַל־יָבֵ֣שׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד יָבֵ֣שׁ גִּלְעָ֑ד וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֤י יָבֵישׁ֙ אֶל־נָחָ֔שׁ כְּרָת־לָ֥נוּ בְרִ֖ית וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ [1 Samuel 11:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.11.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:260` 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 10:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.259/) - next →: [1 Samuel 11:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.261/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 11:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.11.1/)