--- title: 1 Samuel 17:46 (JPS 1917) — This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite t… · tree and pragmatics description: This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel; W --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.500/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/) / [chapter 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/17/) / [17:46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.46/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 17:46 · JPS 1917 This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel; **Who acts:** LORD, I, earth, God · **What happens:** deliver, smite, take, give, know, be · **To what, where:** thee, hand, head, carcasses · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 17:46 · 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 (LORD, I, earth, God), 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:500 # text = This day will the LORD deliver thee into my hand; and I will smite thee, and take thy head from off thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel; 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 off off ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 carcasses carcass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ _ 38 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 39 det _ _ 39 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 fowls fowl NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 57 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 59 det:predet _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ _ 60 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 62 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 64 expl _ _ 64 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 ccomp _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 67 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 69 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | future | the LORD | thee | | my hand | day | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | | 2 | **smite** | future | I | thee | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thou=Experiencer | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | I *not said here* | thy head | | thee | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent head=Theme from thou=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **give** | future | I | the carcasses of the host of the Philistines | | | day | unto the fowls of the air and the wild beasts of the earth | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carcass=Theme | | 5 | **know** | may | all earth | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **be** | present | a God in Israel | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֡ה יְסַגֶּרְךָ֩ יְהוָ֨ה בְּיָדִ֜י וְהִכִּיתִ֗ךָ וַהֲסִרֹתִ֤י אֶת־רֹֽאשְׁךָ֙ מֵעָלֶ֔יךָ וְנָ֨תַתִּ֜י פֶּ֣גֶר מַחֲנֵ֤ה פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְחַיַּ֣ת הָאָ֑רֶץ וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל־הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֛י יֵ֥שׁ אֱלֹהִ֖ים לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [1 Samuel 17:46: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.17.46/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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