--- title: 1 Samuel 14:33 (JPS 1917) — Then they told Saul, saying: 'Behold, the people sin against the LOR… · tree and pragmatics description: Then they told Saul, saying: 'Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood.' And he said: 'Ye have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone unto me this day.' 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And he said: 'Ye have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone unto me this day.' **Who acts:** people, Saul, Ye · **What happens:** tell, say, sin, eat, deal, roll · **To what, where:** Saul, great stone · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 14:33 · 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 (people, Saul, 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:361 # text = Then they told Saul, saying: 'Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood.' And he said: 'Ye have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone unto me this day.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 9 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 sin sin VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 eat eat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 27 And and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 32 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 33 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 35 treacherously treacherously ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 roll roll VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 parataxis _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | people | | Saul | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent saul=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **sin** | present | the people | | | | | against the LORD | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against lord=Maleficiary | | 4 | **eat** | present | people | | | | | with the blood | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **deal** | present · perfect | Ye | | | | | treacherously *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **roll** | infinitive | | a great stone | | | day | unto me | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=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} וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּ לְשָׁאוּל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִנֵּ֥ה הָעָ֛ם חֹטִ֥אים לַֽיהוָ֖ה לֶאֱכֹ֣ל עַל־הַדָּ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמֶר בְּגַדְתֶּ֔ם גֹּֽלּוּ־אֵלַ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם אֶ֥בֶן גְּדוֹלָֽה׃ [1 Samuel 14:33: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.33/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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