--- title: 1 Samuel 11:9 (JPS 1917) — And they said unto the messengers that came: 'Thus shall ye say unto… · tree and pragmatics description: And they said unto the messengers that came: 'Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance.' And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 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And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. **Who acts:** words, messengers, ye, sun · **What happens:** say, come, be, have, tell · **To what, where:** deliverance, men · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 11:9 · 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 (words, messengers, ye, sun), 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:268 # text = And they said unto the messengers that came: 'Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh-gilead: To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance.' And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 11 Thus thus ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 Jabesh Jabesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 21 gilead gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 To to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 25 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 hot hot ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 advcl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 38 deliverance deliverance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 44 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Jabesh Jabesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | words *= word* | | | | | unto the messengers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | past | the messengers | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | shall | ye | | | | | unto the men of Jabesh gilead; thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | the sun | | | | | hot *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | shall | ye | deliverance | | | time | to morrow | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deliverance=Patient | | 6 | **come** | past | the messengers | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the messengers *not said here* | | the men of Jabesh | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | past | words *= word* | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֞וּ לַמַּלְאָכִ֣ים הַבָּאִ֗ים כֹּ֤ה תֹֽאמְרוּן֙ לְאִישׁ֙ יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֔ד יָבֵ֣ישׁ גִּלְעָ֔ד מָחָ֛ר תִּהְיֶֽה־לָכֶ֥ם תְּשׁוּעָ֖ה כְּחֹ֣ם הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ הַמַּלְאָכִ֗ים וַיַּגִּ֛ידוּ לְאַנְשֵׁ֥י יָבֵ֖ישׁ וַיִּשְׂמָֽחוּ׃ [1 Samuel 11:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.11.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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