--- title: 1 Samuel 17:26 (JPS 1917) — And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: 'What shall be… · tree and pragmatics description: And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: 'What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the taunt from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should have taunted the armies of the living God?' 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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, men, man, Israel), 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:477 # text = And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying: 'What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the taunt from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should have taunted the armies of the living God?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 ccomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 killeth kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 Philistine Philistine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 taketh take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 away away ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 taunt taunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 39 uncircumcised uncircumcised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Philistine Philistine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 46 taunted taunt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 living live ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | David | | | | | to the men | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to man=Co-Agent | | 2 | **stand** | past | the men | | | | | by David | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by he=Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | shall · passive | | | | | | to the man | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **kill** | present | the man | this Philistine | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent philistine=Theme | | 6 | **take away** | present | the man *not said here* | the taunt | | Israel | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent taunt=Theme from israel=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is a** | present | | this uncircumcised Philistine | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **taunt** | should · perfect | Israel | the armies of the living God | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient | 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 דָּוִ֗ד אֶֽל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֞ים הָעֹמְדִ֣ים עִמּוֹ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ מַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֗ה לָאִישׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יַכֶּה֙ אֶת־הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֣י הַלָּ֔ז וְהֵסִ֥יר חֶרְפָּ֖ה מֵעַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֣י מִ֗י הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֤י הֶֽעָרֵל֙ הַזֶּ֔ה כִּ֣י חֵרֵ֔ף מַעַרְכ֖וֹת אֱלֹהִ֥ים חַיִּֽים׃ [1 Samuel 17:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:477` 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 17:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.476/) - next →: [1 Samuel 17:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.478/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 17:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.26/)