--- title: 1 Samuel 20:29 (JPS 1917) — and he said: Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice… · tree and pragmatics description: and he said: Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me; and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. 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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 (David, me, I, family), 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:605 # text = and he said: Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me; and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 5 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 dislocated _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 39 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 44 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 away away ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 51 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 obj _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 conj _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | present | our family | a sacrifice | | the city | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Patient | | 6 | **command** | present · perfect | David | me | | | | my brother *dislocated* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 7 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | I | favour | | thine eyes | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | David *not said here* | me | | | now | | tree rules | | 9 | **get away** | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **see** | infinitive | me *not said here* | my brethren | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brethren=Stimulus | 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} וַיֹּ֡אמֶר שַׁלְּחֵ֣נִי נָ֡א כִּ֣י זֶבַח֩ מִשְׁפָּחָ֨ה לָ֜נוּ בָּעִ֗יר וְה֤וּא צִוָּֽה־לִי֙ אָחִ֔י וְעַתָּ֗ה אִם־מָצָ֤אתִי חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ אִמָּ֥לְטָה נָּ֖א וְאֶרְאֶ֣ה אֶת־אֶחָ֑י עַל־כֵּ֣ן לֹא־בָ֔א אֶל־שֻׁלְחַ֖ן הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ס [1 Samuel 20:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.29/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **and he said: Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me; and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren.** 2. [Therefore he is not come unto the king's table.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.606/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:605` 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 20:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.604/) - next →: [1 Samuel 20:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.606/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 20:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.29/)