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title: 1 Samuel 20:13 (JPS 1917) — The LORD do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my fathe… · tree and pragmatics
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# 1 Samuel 20:13 · JPS 1917

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The LORD do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and the LORD be with thee, as He hath been with my father.

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**Who acts:** LORD, good, I, thou · **What happens:** do, please, not disclose, send away, go, be · **To what, where:** Jonathan, father, thee, good, peace

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This is 1 Samuel 20:13 · 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, good, I, thou), 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:588
# text = The LORD do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and the LORD be with thee, as He hath been with my father.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Jonathan	Jonathan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	please	please	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
19	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	18	obj	_	_
20	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	disclose	disclose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
27	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	24	obl	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
32	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	31	obj	_	_
33	away	away	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
36	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	nsubj	_	_
37	mayest	may	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	advcl	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
45	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	cop	_	_
46	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	conj	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
49	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
50	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
51	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
52	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	55	cop	_	_
53	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	advcl	_	_
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: express
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=express, polarity=none

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | the LORD |  | Jonathan |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **please** | should | good | my father |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | good *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **disclose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | I | good |  |  |  | unto thee | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Topic |
| 5 | **send away** | infinitive | I *not said here* | thee |  |  |  | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |
| 6 | **go** | may | thou |  |  | peace |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location |
| 7 | **is** | infinitive | the LORD |  |  |  |  | with thee | tree rules |
| 8 | **is** | present · perfect | LORD |  |  |  |  | with my father | tree rules |

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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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כֹּֽה־יַעֲשֶׂה֩ יְהוָ֨ה לִֽיהוֹנָתָ֜ן וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֗יף כִּֽי־יֵיטִ֨ב אֶל־אָבִ֤י אֶת־הָֽרָעָה֙ עָלֶ֔יךָ וְגָלִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־אָזְנֶ֔ךָ וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֖יךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ לְשָׁל֑וֹם וִיהִ֤י יְהוָה֙ עִמָּ֔ךְ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָיָ֖ה עִם־אָבִֽי׃

[1 Samuel 20:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.13/)

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