--- title: 1 Samuel 15:9 (JPS 1917) — But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and… · tree and pragmatics description: But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, even the young of the second birth, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them; but every thing that was of no account and feeble, that they destroyed utterly. 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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 (Saul, thing, people), 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:390 # text = But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, even the young of the second birth, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them; but every thing that was of no account and feeble, that they destroyed utterly. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 spared spare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Agag Agag PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 best best NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 young young NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 lambs lamb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 conj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 47 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 48 det _ _ 48 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 dislocated _ _ 49 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 53 det _ _ 53 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 acl:relcl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 feeble feeble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 conj _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 59 obj _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 60 utterly utterly ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spare** | past | Saul and the people | Agag and the best of the sheep and the oxen and the lambs | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent agag=Asset | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **destroy** | would | Saul and the people *not said here* | people | | | | utterly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | every thing | | | | | of no account | tree rules | | 5 | **be** | | every thing *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **destroy** | past | people | that | | | | every thing *dislocated*; utterly *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | 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} וַיַּחְמֹל֩ שָׁא֨וּל וְהָעָ֜ם עַל־אֲגָ֗ג וְעַל־מֵיטַ֣ב הַצֹּאן֩ וְהַבָּקָ֨ר וְהַמִּשְׁנִ֤ים וְעַל־הַכָּרִים֙ וְעַל־כָּל־הַטּ֔וֹב וְלֹ֥א אָב֖וּ הַחֲרִימָ֑ם וְכָל־הַמְּלָאכָ֛ה נְמִבְזָ֥ה וְנָמֵ֖ס אֹתָ֥הּ הֶחֱרִֽימוּ׃פ [1 Samuel 15:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:390` 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 15:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.389/) - next →: [1 Samuel 15:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.391/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 15:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.9/)