--- title: 1 Samuel 16:7 (JPS 1917) — But the LORD said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance, or on t… · tree and pragmatics description: But the LORD said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.' 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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, stature, man), 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:429 # text = But the LORD said unto Samuel: 'Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have rejected him; for it is not as man seeth: for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.' 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 countenance countenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 height height NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 stature stature NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 rejected reject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 seeth see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 looketh look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 40 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 outward outward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 looketh look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 49 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Samuel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **look** | infinitive | | | | | | on LORD's countenance | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on countenance=Theme | | 3 | **reject** | present · perfect | I | LORD | | | | | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | present | stature | | | | | see *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **look** | present | man | | | | | on the outward appearance | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on appearance=Theme | | 6 | **look** | present | the LORD | | | | | on the heart | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on heart=Theme | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל אַל־תַּבֵּ֧ט אֶל־מַרְאֵ֛הוּ וְאֶל־גְּבֹ֥הַּ קוֹמָת֖וֹ כִּ֣י מְאַסְתִּ֑יהוּ כִּ֣י ׀ לֹ֗א אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִרְאֶה֙ הָאָדָ֔ם כִּ֤י הָֽאָדָם֙ יִרְאֶ֣ה לַעֵינַ֔יִם וַיהוָ֖ה יִרְאֶ֥ה לַלֵּבָֽב׃ [1 Samuel 16:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.16.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:429` 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 16:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.428/) - next →: [1 Samuel 16:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.430/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 16:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.16.7/)