--- title: 1 Samuel 23:11 (JPS 1917) — Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come d… · tree and pragmatics description: Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as Thy servant hath heard?' O LORD, the God of Israel, I beseech Thee, tell Thy servant.' And the LORD said: 'He will come down.' 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And the LORD said: 'He will come down.' **Who acts:** men, Saul, servant, I, LORD · **What happens:** deliver up, come down, hear, beseech, tell, say · **To what, where:** me, hand, Thee, servant · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 23:11 · 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 (men, Saul, servant, I), 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:673 # text = Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as Thy servant hath heard?' O LORD, the God of Israel, I beseech Thee, tell Thy servant.' And the LORD said: 'He will come down.' 1 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Keilah Keilah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 16 down down ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ 24 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 25 O o INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 vocative _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 beseech beseech VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 35 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 38 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 42 And and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 46 : : PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 50 punct _ _ 48 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 ccomp _ _ 51 down down ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 50 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 50 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 | **deliver up** | future | the men of Keilah | me | | Keilah's hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 2 | **come down** | future | Saul | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | present · perfect | Thy servant | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **beseech** | present | I | Thee | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | Thy servant | | | | LORD *vocative* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent servant=Recipient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **come down** | future | Saul | | | | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «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} הֲיַסְגִּרֻ֣נִי בַעֲלֵי֩ קְעִילָ֨ה בְיָד֜וֹ הֲיֵרֵ֣ד שָׁא֗וּל כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ שָׁמַ֣ע עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַגֶּד־נָ֖א לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָס וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה יֵרֵֽד׃ [1 Samuel 23:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.23.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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