--- title: 1 Samuel 12:15 (JPS 1917) — but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD, but rebel aga… · tree and pragmatics description: but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, and against your fathers. 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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, hand), 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:289 # text = but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, and against your fathers. 1 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 advcl _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 rebel rebel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 commandment commandment NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 31 against against ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 against against ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hearken** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | ye | | | | | unto the voice of the LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **rebel** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | against the commandment of the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against commandment=Maleficiary | | 3 | **is** | shall | the hand of the LORD | | | | then | against you | tree rules | | 4 | **command** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom commandment «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְאִם־לֹ֤א תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ בְּק֣וֹל יְהוָ֔ה וּמְרִיתֶ֖ם אֶת־פִּ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְהָיְתָ֧ה יַד־יְהוָ֛ה בָּכֶ֖ם וּבַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ [1 Samuel 12:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:289` 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 12:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.288/) - next →: [1 Samuel 12:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.290/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.15/)