--- title: 1 Samuel 2:16 (JPS 1917) — And if the man said unto him: 'Let the fat be made to smoke first of… · tree and pragmatics description: And if the man said unto him: 'Let the fat be made to smoke first of all, and then take as much as thy soul desireth'; then he would say: 'Nay, but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.' 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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 (man, fat, soul, thou), 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:46 # text = And if the man said unto him: 'Let the fat be made to smoke first of all, and then take as much as thy soul desireth'; then he would say: 'Nay, but thou shalt give it me now; and if not, I will take it by force.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 6 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 fat fat NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 xcomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 smoke smoke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 advmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 23 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 obj _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 desireth desire VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 30 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Nay nay INTJ UH _ 43 discourse _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 iobj _ _ 46 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advcl _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 55 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 43 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 | **say** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the man | | | | | unto servant | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | the fat | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | infinitive · passive | the fat *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **smoke** | to-infinitive | the fat *not said here* | | | | | first *property* | vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | | much | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme | | 6 | **desire** | present | thy soul | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | fat | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **give** | shall | thou | soul | me | | now | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient it=Theme | | 9 | **take** | future | I | soul | | | | by force | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 אֵלָ֜יו הָאִ֗ישׁ קַטֵּ֨ר יַקְטִיר֤וּן כַּיּוֹם֙ הַחֵ֔לֶב וְקַ֨ח־לְךָ֔ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר תְּאַוֶּ֖ה נַפְשֶׁ֑ךָ וְאָמַ֥ר ׀ לֹא֙ כִּ֚י עַתָּ֣ה תִתֵּ֔ן וְאִם־לֹ֖א לָקַ֥חְתִּי בְחָזְקָֽה׃ [1 Samuel 2:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:46` 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 2:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.45/) - next →: [1 Samuel 2:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.47/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.2.16/)