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# 1 Samuel 22:3 · JPS 1917

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And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said unto the king of Moab: 'Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.'

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**Who acts:** David, father, I, God · **What happens:** go, say, let, pray, come, be · **To what, where:** Mizpeh, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Samuel 22:3 · 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 (David, father, I, God), 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:639
# text = And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab; and he said unto the king of Moab: 'Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	thence	thence	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Mizpeh	Mizpeh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Moab	Moab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Moab	Moab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
20	Let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
21	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
29	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	obj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
32	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	cop	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	31	obl	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	31	advcl	_	_
42	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	45	obj	_	_
43	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
44	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	ccomp	_	_
46	for	for	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	45	obl	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
49	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | David |  |  | Mizpeh of Moab |  | thence *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mizpeh=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David |  |  |  |  | unto the king of Moab | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive | my father and my mother |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **pray** | present | I | thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **come** | infinitive | my father and my mother *not said here* |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | with you | tree rules |
| 7 | **know** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 8 | **do** | future | God |  |  |  |  | for me | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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וַיֵּ֧לֶךְ דָּוִ֛ד מִשָּׁ֖ם מִצְפֵּ֣ה מוֹאָ֑ב וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֗ב יֵֽצֵא־נָ֞א אָבִ֤י וְאִמִּי֙ אִתְּכֶ֔ם עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֵדַ֔ע מַה־יַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֖י אֱלֹהִֽים׃

[1 Samuel 22:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.22.3/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:639` 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.

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