--- title: 1 Samuel 14:45 (JPS 1917) — Far from it; as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his hea… · tree and pragmatics description: Far from it; as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day.' So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. 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So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. **Who acts:** LORD, one hair, people, Jonathan · **What happens:** live, not fall, work, rescue, not die · **To what, where:** Jonathan This is 1 Samuel 14:45 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (LORD, one hair, people, Jonathan), 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:374 # text = Far from it; as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day.' So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. 1 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 18 advmod _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 wrought work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 33 So so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rescued rescue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 37 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 36 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=disagree, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **fall** | shall | one hair of hair's head | | | there | | to the ground; far *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme | | 3 | **work** | present · perfect | LORD | | | | day | with God | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with god=Co-Agent | | 4 | **rescue** | past | the people | Jonathan | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jonathan=Theme | | 5 | **not** **die** | past | Jonathan | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 הָעָ֜ם אֶל־שָׁא֗וּל הֲ‍ֽיוֹנָתָ֤ן ׀ יָמוּת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָ֠שָׂה הַיְשׁוּעָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֣ה הַזֹּאת֮ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל֒ חָלִ֗ילָה חַי־יְהוָה֙ אִם־יִפֹּ֞ל מִשַּׂעֲרַ֤ת רֹאשׁוֹ֙ אַ֔רְצָה כִּֽי־עִם־אֱלֹהִ֥ים עָשָׂ֖ה הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וַיִּפְדּ֥וּ הָעָ֛ם אֶת־יוֹנָתָ֖ן וְלֹא־מֵֽת׃ס [1 Samuel 14:45: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.45/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [And the people said unto Saul: 'Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.373/) 2. **Far from it; as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day.' So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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