--- title: 1 Samuel 17:17 (JPS 1917) — And Jesse said unto David his son: 'Take now for thy brethren an eph… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jesse said unto David his son: 'Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren. 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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 (Jesse), 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:468 # text = And Jesse said unto David his son: 'Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jesse Jesse 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 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 11 now now ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 ephah ephah NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 19 parched parch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 amod _ _ 20 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 24 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 loaves loaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jesse | | | | | unto David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | | a ephah of this parched corn and this ten loaves | | | now | for thy brethren | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent ephah=Theme for brethren=Beneficiary | | 3 | **parch** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **carry** | infinitive | | ephah | | the camp | | to thy brethren; quickly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to camp=Destination | 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 יִשַׁ֜י לְדָוִ֣ד בְּנ֗וֹ קַח־נָ֤א לְאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵיפַ֤ת הַקָּלִיא֙ הַזֶּ֔ה וַעֲשָׂרָ֥ה לֶ֖חֶם הַזֶּ֑ה וְהָרֵ֥ץ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֖ה לְאַחֶֽיךָ׃ [1 Samuel 17:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:468` 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 17:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.467/) - next →: [1 Samuel 17:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.469/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 17:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.17/)