--- title: 1 Samuel 17:25 (JPS 1917) — And the men of Israel said: 'Have ye seen this man that is come up?… · tree and pragmatics description: And the men of Israel said: 'Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to taunt Israel is he come up; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.' 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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 (men, ye, Israel, 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:476 # text = And the men of Israel said: 'Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to taunt Israel is he come up; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 up up ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 19 surely surely ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 taunt taunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 csubj _ _ 22 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 26 up up ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 killeth kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 enrich enrich VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 iobj _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 's 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 61 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 62 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 xcomp _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 66 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask, indirect=0, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the men of Israel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** | present · perfect | ye | this man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 3 | **come up** | present · passive | | this man | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **taunt** | to-infinitive | | Israel | | | | surely *property* | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent israel=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | Israel | | | | | come *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **kill** | present | the man | Israel | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **enrich** | future | the man | | Israel | | | with great riches | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Destination with rich=Theme | | 8 | **give** | future | the man *not said here* | Israel's daughter | Israel | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient daughter=Theme | | 9 | **make** | infinitive | the man *not said here* | Israel's father's house | | | | free *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ אִ֣ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הַרְּאִיתֶם֙ הָאִ֤ישׁ הָֽעֹלֶה֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֛י לְחָרֵ֥ף אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֹלֶ֑ה וְֽ֠הָיָה הָאִ֨ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יַכֶּ֜נּוּ יַעְשְׁרֶ֥נּוּ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ ׀ עֹ֣שֶׁר גָּד֗וֹל וְאֶת־בִּתּוֹ֙ יִתֶּן־ל֔וֹ וְאֵת֙ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יו יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה חָפְשִׁ֖י בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [1 Samuel 17:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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