--- title: 1 Samuel 15:2 (JPS 1917) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I remember that which Amalek did to Is… · tree and pragmatics description: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. 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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 (LORD, I, Amalek), 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:383 # text = Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 remember remember VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 10 that that PRON DT PronType=Dem 9 obj _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obj _ _ 12 Amalek Amalek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 20 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obj _ _ 21 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD of hosts | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **remember** | present | I | that | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **do** | past | Amalek | | Israel | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 4 | **set** | past | LORD | LORD | | the way | | against Israel | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme against he=Destination | | 5 | **come up** | past | LORD | | | Egypt | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out egypt=Initial\_Location | 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} כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת פָּקַ֕דְתִּי אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה עֲמָלֵ֖ק לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׂ֥ם לוֹ֙ בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ בַּעֲלֹת֖וֹ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ [1 Samuel 15:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:383` 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 15:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.382/) - next →: [1 Samuel 15:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.384/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 15:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.2/)