--- title: 1 Samuel 20:27 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the second day, that David's place was empty; and Saul said unto Jonathan his son: 'Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to the meal, neither yesterday, nor to-day?' 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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 (thing, new moon, place, Saul), 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:603 # text = And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, which was the second day, that David's place was empty; and Saul said unto Jonathan his son: 'Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to the meal, neither yesterday, nor to-day?' 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 5 obl _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 acl:relcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 21 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 34 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 36 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 37 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Jesse Jesse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 48 cc:preconj _ _ 48 yesterday yesterday NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 53 cc _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ _ 53 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 54 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | thing | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | thing *not said here* | | | the morrow | after the new moon | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on morrow=Location | | 3 | **is a** | past | the new moon | the second day | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | David's place | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | | | | unto Jonathan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **not** **come** | present | | the son of Jesse | | | yesterday | to the meal; wherefore *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location son=Theme | 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} וַיְהִ֗י מִֽמָּחֳרַ֤ת הַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י וַיִּפָּקֵ֖ד מְק֣וֹם דָּוִ֑דס וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן בְּנ֔וֹ מַדּ֜וּעַ לֹא־בָ֧א בֶן־יִשַׁ֛י גַּם־תְּמ֥וֹל גַּם־הַיּ֖וֹם אֶל־הַלָּֽחֶם׃ [1 Samuel 20:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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