--- title: 1 Samuel 20:42 (JPS 1917) — And Jonathan said to David: 'Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jonathan said to David: 'Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying: The LORD shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever.' And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city. 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And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city. **Who acts:** Jonathan, we, LORD · **What happens:** say, go, swear, be, arise, depart · **To what, where:** David, peace, both, name, city, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 20:42 · 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 (Jonathan, we, LORD), 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:620 # text = And Jonathan said to David: 'Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying: The LORD shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever.' And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 forasmuch forasmuch SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 both both PRON DT PronType=Tot 16 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 28 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 29 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 33 between between ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 ccomp _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 conj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 between between ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 seed seed NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 49 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 50 And and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 Jonathan Jonathan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 58 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 conj _ _ 59 into into ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other, indirect=0, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jonathan | | David | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to david=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | peace | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in peace=Location | | 3 | **swear** | present · perfect | we | both | | the name of the LORD | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent both=Eventuality | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | shall | the LORD | | | | | between me | tree rules | | 6 | **arise** | past | Jonathan | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **depart** | past | Jonathan *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **go** | past | Jonathan | | | the city | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into city=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיֹּ֧אמֶר יְהוֹנָתָ֛ן לְדָוִ֖ד לֵ֣ךְ לְשָׁל֑וֹם אֲשֶׁר֩ נִשְׁבַּ֨עְנוּ שְׁנֵ֜ינוּ אֲנַ֗חְנוּ בְּשֵׁ֤ם יְהוָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְהוָ֞ה יִֽהְיֶ֣ה ׀ בֵּינִ֣י וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעִ֛י וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃פ [1 Samuel 20:42: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.42/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:620` 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 20:41 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.619/) - next →: [1 Samuel 21:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.621/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 20:42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.20.42/)