--- title: 1 Samuel 21:6 (JPS 1917) — And David answered the priest, and said unto him: 'Of a truth women… · tree and pragmatics description: And David answered the priest, and said unto him: 'Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day, when there shall be holy bread in their vessels?' 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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, I, vessels, bread), 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:625 # text = And David answered the priest, and said unto him: 'Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was but a common journey; how much more then to-day, when there shall be holy bread in their vessels?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 priest priest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 13 Of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 16 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 ccomp _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 about about ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 24 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 27 when when SCONJ WRB _ 29 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 30 out out ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 parataxis _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 though though SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 44 but but ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 advcl _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 50 much much ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ _ 51 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 parataxis _ _ 52 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ _ 55 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 60 advmod _ _ 58 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 60 expl _ _ 59 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl:relcl _ _ 61 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 63 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 nmod _ _ 66 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | David | the priest | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent priest=Eventuality | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David *not said here* | | | | | unto David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **keep** | present · perfect · passive | | women | | | day | of a truth; from us | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from we=Eventuality | | 4 | **come out** | past | I | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | the vessels of the young men | | | | | holy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | bread | a common journey | | | | but *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | shall | holy bread in women's vessels | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיַּעַן֩ דָּוִ֨ד אֶת־הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ כִּ֣י אִם־אִשָּׁ֤ה עֲצֻֽרָה־לָ֙נוּ֙ כִּתְמ֣וֹל שִׁלְשֹׁ֔ם בְּצֵאתִ֕י וַיִּהְי֥וּ כְלֵֽי־הַנְּעָרִ֖ים קֹ֑דֶשׁ וְהוּא֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ חֹ֔ל וְאַ֕ף כִּ֥י הַיּ֖וֹם יִקְדַּ֥שׁ בַּכֶּֽלִי׃ [1 Samuel 21:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.21.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:625` 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 21:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.624/) - next →: [1 Samuel 21:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.626/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 21:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.21.6/)