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title: 1 Samuel 22:15 (JPS 1917) — Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me; le… · tree and pragmatics
description: Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.' Who acts: I, heed, king, servant. 1 Samuel 22:15 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree a
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# 1 Samuel 22:15 · JPS 1917

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Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.'

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**Who acts:** I, heed, king, servant · **What happens:** begin, inquire, be, not let, impute, know · **To what, where:** thing, nothing

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This is 1 Samuel 22:15 · 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 (I, heed, king, servant), 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:651
# text = Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.'
1	Have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	inquire	inquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
20	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
21	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
24	impute	impute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
25	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	26	det	_	_
26	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	35	cc	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	35	det:predet	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
40	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
41	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
43	knoweth	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
44	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	43	obj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	47	det:predet	_	_
47	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	nmod	_	_
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	43	advmod	_	_
50	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	49	conj	_	_
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
53	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: narrator
- polarity: neg
- indirect: yes
- teacher: changed act=request

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  | day |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **inquire** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of God; for God | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of god=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive | heed |  |  |  |  | from me; far *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **not** **let** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **impute** | infinitive | the king | any thing |  |  |  | unto king's servant nor all house of my father | tree rules |
| 6 | **know** | present | thy servant | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

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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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הַיּ֧וֹם הַחִלֹּ֛תִי לִשְׁאָל־ל֥וֹ בֵאלֹהִ֖ים חָלִ֣ילָה לִּ֑י אַל־יָשֵׂם֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ בְּעַבְדּ֤וֹ דָבָר֙ בְּכָל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔י כִּ֠י לֹֽא־יָדַ֤ע עַבְדְּךָ֙ בְּכָל־זֹ֔את דָּבָ֥ר קָטֹ֖ן א֥וֹ גָדֽוֹל׃

[1 Samuel 22:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.22.15/)

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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:651` of Mova's parse database.

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