--- title: 1 Samuel 17:37 (JPS 1917) — And David said: 'The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the li… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said: 'The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.' And Saul said unto David: 'Go, and the LORD shall be with thee.' 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And Saul said unto David: 'Go, and the LORD shall be with thee.' **Who acts:** David, LORD, Saul · **What happens:** say, deliver, go, be · **To what, where:** me, paw, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 17:37 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, LORD, Saul), 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:490 # text = And David said: 'The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.' And Saul said unto David: 'Go, and the LORD shall be with thee.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 6 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 dislocated _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 11 fixed _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 20 fixed _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 paw paw NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 out out ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 Philistine Philistine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 46 : : PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ _ 48 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 54 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 cop _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 conj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 43 punct _ _ 58 ' ' 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* | past | David | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **deliver** | past | the LORD | me | | the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme out paw=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **deliver** | future | David | me | | the hand of this Philistine | | the LORD *dislocated* | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme out hand=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | | | | unto David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | shall | the LORD | | | | | with thee | tree rules | 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} וַיֹּאמֶר֮ דָּוִד֒ יְהוָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִצִּלַ֜נִי מִיַּ֤ד הָֽאֲרִי֙ וּמִיַּ֣ד הַדֹּ֔ב ה֣וּא יַצִּילֵ֔נִי מִיַּ֥ד הַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖י הַזֶּ֑הס וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֤וּל אֶל־דָּוִד֙ לֵ֔ךְ וַֽיהוָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֥ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ [1 Samuel 17:37: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.37/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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