--- title: 1 Samuel 15:6 (JPS 1917) — And Saul said unto the Kenites: 'Go, depart, get you down from among… · tree and pragmatics description: And Saul said unto the Kenites: 'Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.' So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 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So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. **Who acts:** Saul, I, ye, children, Kenites · **What happens:** say, go, depart, get down, destroy, show · **To what, where:** you, Amalekites, kindness, children, Egypt · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 15:6 · 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, I, ye, children), 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:387 # text = And Saul said unto the Kenites: 'Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.' So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 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 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Kenites kenite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 depart depart VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 down down ADV RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 among among ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Amalekites amalekite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 destroy destroy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 nsubj _ _ 30 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 31 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 42 up up ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 48 So so ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Kenites kenite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 51 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 52 from from ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 among among ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 Amalekites amalekite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | | | | | unto the Kenites | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **depart** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **get down** | infinitive | | you | | the Amalekites | | | tree rules | | 5 | **destroy** | present | I | you | | | | with Amalekites *= amalekite* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent you=Patient with they=Instrument | | 6 | **show** | past | ye | kindness | all children of Israel | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent kindness=Topic to child=Recipient | | 7 | **come up** | past | children *= child* | | | Egypt | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out egypt=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **depart** | past | the Kenites | | | the Amalekites | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from amalekite=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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שָׁא֣וּל אֶֽל־הַקֵּינִ֡י לְכוּ֩ סֻּ֨רוּ רְד֜וּ מִתּ֣וֹךְ עֲמָלֵקִ֗י פֶּן־אֹֽסִפְךָ֙ עִמּ֔וֹ וְאַתָּ֞ה עָשִׂ֤יתָה חֶ֙סֶד֙ עִם־כָּל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּעֲלוֹתָ֖ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַיָּ֥סַר קֵינִ֖י מִתּ֥וֹךְ עֲמָלֵֽק׃ [1 Samuel 15:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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