--- title: 1 Samuel 17:20 (JPS 1917) — And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a ke… · tree and pragmatics description: And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the barricade, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle. 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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 (David, Jesse, host), 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:471 # text = And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the barricade, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 keeper keeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 Jesse Jesse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 barricade barricade NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 going go VERB VBG Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 forth forth ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 47 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **rise up** | past | David | | | | morning | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **leave** | past | David *not said here* | | the sheep | | | with a keeper | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent sheep=Recipient with keeper=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **command** | past · perfect | Jesse | David | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | Jesse | | | the barricade | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to barricade=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | the host | | | the fight | | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to fight=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | the host | | | | | for the battle | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for battle=Recipient | 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} וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֨ם דָּוִ֜ד בַּבֹּ֗קֶר וַיִּטֹּ֤שׁ אֶת־הַצֹּאן֙ עַל־שֹׁמֵ֔ר וַיִּשָּׂ֣א וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִשָׁ֑י וַיָּבֹא֙ הַמַּעְגָּ֔לָה וְהַחַ֗יִל הַיֹּצֵא֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֣עֲרָכָ֔ה וְהֵרֵ֖עוּ בַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ [1 Samuel 17:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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