--- title: 1 Samuel 18:27 (JPS 1917) — and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistine… · tree and pragmatics description: and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. Who acts: David, foreskins. 1 Samuel 18:27 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.543/) [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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/18/) / [18:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.18.27/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 18:27 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. **Who acts:** David, foreskins · **What happens:** arise, go, slew, bring, give, be · **To what, where:** hundred men, foreskins, men, king, full number, son This is 1 Samuel 18:27 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 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, foreskins), 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:543 # text = and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 slew slew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 compound _ _ 18 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 foreskins foreskin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 40 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 's 's PART POS _ 43 case _ _ 45 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 advcl _ _ 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ _ 49 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **arise** | past | David | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | David | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **slew** | past | David *not said here* | hundred men | | | | of the Philistines | tree rules | | 4 | **bring** | past | David | men's foreskins | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent foreskin=Theme | | 5 | **give** | past | foreskins *= foreskin* | men *= man* | the king | full number | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to king=Recipient | | 6 | **is a** | might | David | the king's son | | law | | | 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} וַיָּ֨קָם דָּוִ֜ד וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ ׀ ה֣וּא וַאֲנָשָׁ֗יו וַיַּ֣ךְ בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּים֮ מָאתַ֣יִם אִישׁ֒ וַיָּבֵ֤א דָוִד֙ אֶת־עָרְלֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וַיְמַלְא֣וּם לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְהִתְחַתֵּ֖ן בַּמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיִּתֶּן־ל֥וֹ שָׁא֛וּל אֶת־מִיכַ֥ל בִּתּ֖וֹ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃ס [1 Samuel 18:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.18.27/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **and David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law.** 2. [And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.544/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:543` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Samuel 18:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.542/) - next →: [1 Samuel 18:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.544/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 18:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.18.27/)