--- title: 1 Samuel 12:17 (JPS 1917) — I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye… · tree and pragmatics description: I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a 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 (I, LORD, ye, wickedness), 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:292 # text = I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.' 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 12 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 wickedness wickedness NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 ccomp _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 obj _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 30 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 in in SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 40 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | future | I | | | | | unto the LORD | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **send** | may | LORD | thunder and rain | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunder=Theme | | 3 | **know** | shall | ye | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is** | present | your wickedness | | | | | great *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | present · perfect | ye | | | the sight of the LORD | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | ye *not said here* | a king | you | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sight** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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} הֲל֤וֹא קְצִיר־חִטִּים֙ הַיּ֔וֹם אֶקְרָא֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְיִתֵּ֥ן קֹל֖וֹת וּמָטָ֑ר וּדְע֣וּ וּרְא֗וּ כִּֽי־רָעַתְכֶ֤ם רַבָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר עֲשִׂיתֶם֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לִשְׁא֥וֹל לָכֶ֖ם מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס [1 Samuel 12:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.17/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [Is it not wheat harvest to-day?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.291/) 2. **I will call unto the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:292` 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 12:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.291/) - next →: [1 Samuel 12:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.293/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 12:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.17/)