--- title: 1 Samuel 18:21 (JPS 1917) — And Saul said: 'I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him,… · tree and pragmatics description: And Saul said: 'I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.' Wherefore Saul said to David: 'Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law through the one of the twain.' 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Wherefore Saul said to David: 'Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law through the one of the twain.' **Who acts:** Saul, I, daughter, hand, Thou · **What happens:** say, give, be · **To what, where:** daughter, Saul, snare, David, son, law · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 18:21 · 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 (Saul, I, daughter, hand), 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:535 # text = And Saul said: 'I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.' Wherefore Saul said to David: 'Thou shalt this day be my son-in-law through the one of the twain.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Saul Saul 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 : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 14 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 cop _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 advcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 cop _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 conj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 34 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 35 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 41 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 42 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 46 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ _ 51 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 52 through through ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 twain twain NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nmod _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **give** | future | I | daughter | Saul | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient she=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | may | daughter | a snare | Saul | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | may | the hand of the Philistines | | | | | against Saul | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | David | | | wherefore *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to david=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | shall | Thou | my son | | law | day | through the one of the twain | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שָׁא֜וּל אֶתְּנֶ֤נָּה לּוֹ֙ וּתְהִי־ל֣וֹ לְמוֹקֵ֔שׁ וּתְהִי־ב֖וֹ יַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד בִּשְׁתַּ֛יִם תִּתְחַתֵּ֥ן בִּ֖י הַיּֽוֹם׃ [1 Samuel 18:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.18.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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