--- title: 1 Samuel 15:12 (JPS 1917) — And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told S… · tree and pragmatics description: And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying: 'Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he is setting him up a monument, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.' 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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 (Samuel, Saul), 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:393 # text = And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying: 'Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he is setting him up a monument, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 16 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 iobj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 21 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Carmel Carmel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 behold behold INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 setting set VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 monument monument NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 gone gone VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 41 about about ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 45 on on ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 conj _ _ 49 down down ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Gilgal Gilgal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise** | past | Samuel | | | | | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Samuel *not said here* | Saul | | | morning | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saul=Co-Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | thing | Samuel | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient samuel=Topic | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | past | Saul | | | Carmel | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to carmel=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **set up** | present · progressive | Saul | Samuel | | | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme monument=Destination | | 7 | **gone about** | present · passive | Saul *not said here* | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **pass on** | participle | Saul *not said here* | | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **go down** | participle | Saul *not said here* | | Gilgal | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «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} וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֧ם שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל לִקְרַ֥את שָׁא֖וּל בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַיֻּגַּ֨ד לִשְׁמוּאֵ֜ל לֵאמֹ֗ר בָּֽא־שָׁא֤וּל הַכַּרְמֶ֙לָה֙ וְהִנֵּ֨ה מַצִּ֥יב לוֹ֙ יָ֔ד וַיִּסֹּב֙ וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֔ר וַיֵּ֖רֶד הַגִּלְגָּֽל׃ [1 Samuel 15:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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