--- title: 1 Samuel 22:13 (JPS 1917) — And Saul said unto him: 'Why have ye conspired against me, thou and… · tree and pragmatics description: And Saul said unto him: 'Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?' 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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 (Saul, ye, thou), 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:649 # text = And Saul said unto him: 'Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 8 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 conspired conspire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 12 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Jesse Jesse PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 inquired inquire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 46 against against ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 wait wait NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 as as ADP IN _ 55 fixed _ _ 55 at at ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 57 det _ _ 57 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 58 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=disagree | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Saul | | | | | unto son | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **conspire** | present · perfect | ye | | | | | against me | vn conspire-71 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against i=Maleficiary | | 3 | **give** | present · perfect | thou | bread and a sword | Saul | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bread=Theme | | 4 | **inquire** *speech: other* | present · perfect | thou *not said here* | | | | | of God; for son | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of god=Recipient | | 5 | **rise** | should | Saul | | | | | against me | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against i=Location | | 6 | **lie** | to-infinitive | Saul *not said here* | | | wait | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wait=Location | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ שָׁא֔וּל לָ֚מָּה קְשַׁרְתֶּ֣ם עָלַ֔י אַתָּ֖ה וּבֶן־יִשָׁ֑י בְּתִתְּךָ֨ל֜וֹ לֶ֣חֶם וְחֶ֗רֶב וְשָׁא֥וֹל לוֹ֙ בֵּֽאלֹהִ֔ים לָק֥וּם אֵלַ֛י לְאֹרֵ֖ב כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ס [1 Samuel 22:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.22.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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