--- title: 1 Samuel 14:36 (JPS 1917) — And Saul said: 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and s… · tree and pragmatics description: And Saul said: 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.' And they said: 'Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.' Then said the priest: 'Let us draw near hither unto God.' 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Then said the priest: 'Let us draw near hither unto God.' **Who acts:** Saul, us, Philistines, whatsoever, priest · **What happens:** say, let, go down, spoil, not leave, do · **To what, where:** us, Philistines, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 14:36 · 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 (Saul, us, Philistines, whatsoever), 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:364 # text = And Saul said: 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.' And they said: 'Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.' Then said the priest: 'Let us draw near hither unto God.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 down down ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 spoil spoil VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 until until ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 26 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 35 And and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 38 : : PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ _ 40 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 ccomp _ _ 41 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 seemeth seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 ccomp _ _ 43 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ _ 44 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 40 punct _ _ 48 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 49 advmod _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 52 : : PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 54 punct _ _ 54 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 55 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 draw draw VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 57 near near ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 hither hither ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 59 unto unto ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go down** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | after the Philistines; night | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **spoil** | infinitive | us *not said here* | Philistines | | | until the morning light | | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **leave** | infinitive | us *not said here* | a man of Philistines | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Philistines | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **do** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **seem** | present | whatsoever | | | | | unto thee; good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the priest | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **let** | infinitive | | us | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **draw** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | unto God; hither, near *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֡וּל נֵרְדָ֣ה אַחֲרֵי֩ פְלִשְׁתִּ֨ים ׀ לַ֜יְלָה וְֽנָבֹ֥זָה בָהֶ֣ם ׀ עַד־א֣וֹר הַבֹּ֗קֶר וְלֹֽא־נַשְׁאֵ֤ר בָּהֶם֙ אִ֔ישׁ וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ כָּל־הַטּ֥וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ עֲשֵׂ֑הס וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן נִקְרְבָ֥ה הֲלֹ֖ם אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ [1 Samuel 14:36: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.36/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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