--- title: 1 Samuel 14:6 (JPS 1917) — And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and l… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.' 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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 (Jonathan, young man, us, 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:334 # text = And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 armour armour NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 13 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 over over ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 garrison garrison NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 uncircumcised uncircumcised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 expl _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 41 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 42 restraint restraint NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 acl _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 obl _ _ 50 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jonathan | | | | | to the young man | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to man=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **bear** | past | the young man | Jonathan's armour | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armour=Patient | | 3 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go over** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | unto the garrison this uncircumcised; over *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | future · infinitive | the LORD | garrison | | | | for us; work *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | present | no restraint to the LORD | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **save** | to-infinitive | no restraint to the LORD *not said here* | | | | | by many | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 יְהוֹנָתָ֜ן אֶל־הַנַּ֣עַר ׀ נֹשֵׂ֣א כֵלָ֗יו לְכָה֙ וְנַעְבְּרָ֗ה אֶל־מַצַּב֙ הָעֲרֵלִ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה אוּלַ֛י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה לָ֑נוּ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין לַֽיהוָה֙ מַעְצ֔וֹר לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ בְּרַ֖ב א֥וֹ בִמְעָֽט׃ [1 Samuel 14:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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