--- title: 1 Samuel 12:20 (JPS 1917) — And Samuel said unto the people: 'Fear not; ye have indeed done all… · tree and pragmatics description: And Samuel said unto the people: 'Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; Who acts: Samuel, ye. 1 Samuel 12:20 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.295/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/) / [chapter 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/12/) / [12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.20/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 12:20 · JPS 1917 And Samuel said unto the people: 'Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; **Who acts:** Samuel, ye · **What happens:** say, not fear, do, not turn, follow, serve · **To what, where:** evil, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 12:20 · 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 (Samuel, ye), 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:295 # text = And Samuel said unto the people: 'Fear not; ye have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|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 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 det _ _ 18 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 23 aside aside ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 mark _ _ 25 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samuel | | | | | unto the people | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **fear** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **do** | present · perfect | ye | all evil | | | | indeed *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **turn** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **follow** | gerund | ye *not said here* | the LORD | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 6 | **serve** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | | the LORD | | | with your heart | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent lord=Recipient with heart=Theme | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל אֶל־הָעָם֙ אַל־תִּירָ֔אוּ אַתֶּ֣ם עֲשִׂיתֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת כָּל־הָרָעָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את אַ֗ךְ אַל־תָּס֙וּרוּ֙ מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶֽם׃ [1 Samuel 12:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:295` 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 12:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.294/) - next →: [1 Samuel 12:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.296/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.12.20/)