--- title: 1 Samuel 13:2 (JPS 1917) — And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousan… · tree and pragmatics description: And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeath-benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 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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 (Saul, two thousand, thousand), 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:302 # text = And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmas and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeath-benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 5 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 11 whereof whereof PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj _ _ 14 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Michmas Michmas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ _ 26 el El PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nsubj _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Gibeath Gibeath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 37 benjamin benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 47 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | past | Saul | Israel | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | two thousand | | | Michmas | | with Saul and the mount of Beth el and Jonathan; whereof *obl* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | a thousand | | | Gibeath | | with Jonathan | tree rules | | 4 | **send** | past | Saul | the rest of the people | | | | to Saul's tent | 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} וַיִּבְחַר־ל֨וֹ שָׁא֜וּל שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֮ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֒ וַיִּהְי֨וּ עִם־שָׁא֜וּל אַלְפַּ֗יִם בְּמִכְמָשׂ֙ וּבְהַ֣ר בֵּֽית־אֵ֔לבֵּֽית־אֵ֔ל וְאֶ֗לֶף הָיוּ֙ עִם־י֣וֹנָתָ֔ן בְּגִבְעַ֖ת בִּנְיָמִ֑ין וְיֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם שִׁלַּ֖ח אִ֥ישׁ לְאֹהָלָֽיו׃ [1 Samuel 13:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.13.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:302` 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 13:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.301/) - next →: [1 Samuel 13:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.303/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 13:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.13.2/)