--- title: 1 Samuel 18:10 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house; and David played with his hand, as he did day by day; and Saul had his spear in his hand. 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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 (saying, evil spirit, Saul, David), 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:524 # text = And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house; and David played with his hand, as he did day by day; and Saul had his spear in his hand. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 csubj _ _ 17 mightily mightily ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 raved rave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 as as SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ _ 41 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:unmarked _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | saying | | | the morrow | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | saying *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **come** | past | a evil spirit from God | | | Saul | | mightily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon saul=Location | | 4 | **rave** *speech: other* | past | Saul | | | the midst of the house | | | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **play** | past | David | | | | | with Saul's hand | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with hand=Theme | | 6 | **do** | past | Saul | | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | past | Saul | Saul's spear | | Saul's hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=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} וַיְהִ֣י מִֽמָּחֳרָ֗ת וַתִּצְלַ֣ח רוּחַ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים ׀ רָעָ֤ה ׀ אֶל־שָׁאוּל֙ וַיִּתְנַבֵּ֣א בְתוֹךְ־הַבַּ֔יִת וְדָוִ֛ד מְנַגֵּ֥ן בְּיָד֖וֹ כְּי֣וֹם ׀ בְּי֑וֹם וְהַחֲנִ֖ית בְּיַד־שָׁאֽוּל׃ [1 Samuel 18:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.18.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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