--- title: 1 Samuel 15:28 (JPS 1917) — And Samuel said unto him: 'The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel… · tree and pragmatics description: And Samuel said unto him: 'The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 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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, LORD, neighbour), 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:412 # text = And Samuel said unto him: 'The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Samuel Samuel 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 _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 8 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 rent rend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 obl _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thine thy PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 27 acl:relcl _ _ 34 than than ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samuel | | | | | unto LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **rend** | present · perfect | the LORD | the kingdom of Israel | | thee | day | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient | | 3 | **give** | present · perfect | the LORD *not said here* | kingdom | a neighbour of thine | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to neighbour=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | a neighbour of thine | a neighbour of thine *not said here* | | | | than thou; good *property* | tree rules | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל קָרַ֨ע יְהוָ֜ה אֶֽת־מַמְלְכ֧וּת יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מֵעָלֶ֖יךָ הַיּ֑וֹם וּנְתָנָ֕הּ לְרֵעֲךָ֖ הַטּ֥וֹב מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ [1 Samuel 15:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:412` 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 15:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.411/) - next →: [1 Samuel 15:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.413/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 15:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.15.28/)