--- title: 1 Samuel 22:9 (JPS 1917) — Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Sau… · tree and pragmatics description: Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said: 'I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 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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 (Doeg, I, son), 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:645 # text = Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said: 'I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Doeg Doeg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Edomite Edomite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 flat _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Jesse Jesse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Nob Nob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Ahimelech Ahimelech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Ahitub Ahitub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Doeg | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **set** | past · passive | | the Edomite | | the servants of Saul | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme over servant=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Doeg *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **see** | past | I | the son of Jesse | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | gerund | the son of Jesse *not said here* | | Ahimelech | Nob | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to nob=Initial\_Location to ahimelech=Destination | 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} וַיַּ֜עַן דֹּאֵ֣ג הָאֲדֹמִ֗י וְה֛וּא נִצָּ֥ב עַל־עַבְדֵֽי־שָׁא֖וּל וַיֹּאמַ֑ר רָאִ֙יתִי֙ אֶת־בֶּן־יִשַׁ֔י בָּ֣א נֹ֔בֶה אֶל־אֲחִימֶ֖לֶךְ בֶּן־אֲחִטֽוּב׃ [1 Samuel 22:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.22.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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