--- title: 1 Samuel 12:12 (JPS 1917) — And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came a… · tree and pragmatics description: And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when the LORD your God was your king. 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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 (ye, Nahash, king, LORD), 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:286 # text = And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me: Nay, but a king shall reign over us; when the LORD your God was your king. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 6 Nahash Nahash PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 15 against against ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 reign reign VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 30 over over ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 appos _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | past | Nahash | | | | | against you | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme against you=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ye | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **reign** | shall | a king | | | | | over us | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | past | the LORD | your king | | | | | 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} וַתִּרְא֗וּ כִּֽי־נָחָ֞שׁ מֶ֣לֶךְ בְּנֵֽי־עַמּוֹן֮ בָּ֣א עֲלֵיכֶם֒ וַתֹּ֣אמְרוּ לִ֔י לֹ֕א כִּי־מֶ֖לֶךְ יִמְלֹ֣ךְ עָלֵ֑ינוּ וַיהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם מַלְכְּכֶֽם׃ [1 Samuel 12:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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