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title: 1 Samuel 18:5 (JPS 1917) — And David went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he had good success… · tree and pragmatics
description: And David went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he had good success; and Saul set him over the men of war; and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. Who acts: David, Saul, success. 1 Samuel 18:5 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics 
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# 1 Samuel 18:5 · JPS 1917

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And David went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he had good success; and Saul set him over the men of war; and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

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**Who acts:** David, Saul, success · **What happens:** go out, send, have, set, be, sight · **To what, where:** David, good success, sight, people, servants

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This is 1 Samuel 18:5 · 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, Saul, success), 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:519
# text = And David went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he had good success; and Saul set him over the men of war; and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
6	whithersoever	whithersoever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	over	over	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
29	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	36	det:predet	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
39	also	also	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	Saul	Saul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod:poss	_	_
45	's	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	_
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | David |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **send** | past | Saul | David |  |  |  | whithersoever *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | past | David | good success |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent success=Patient |
| 4 | **set** | past | Saul | David |  |  |  | over the men of war | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme over man=Destination |
| 5 | **is** | past | success |  |  | the sight of all people |  | in the sight of Saul's servants; good *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **sight** |  |  | all people |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **sight** |  |  | Saul's servants |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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}

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וַיֵּצֵ֨א דָוִ֜ד בְּכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁלָחֶ֤נּוּ שָׁאוּל֙ יַשְׂכִּ֔יל וַיְשִׂמֵ֣הוּ שָׁא֔וּל עַ֖ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה וַיִּיטַב֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י כָל־הָעָ֔ם וְגַ֕ם בְּעֵינֵ֖י עַבְדֵ֥י שָׁאֽוּל׃פ

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