--- title: 1 Samuel 23:23 (JPS 1917) — See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he… · tree and pragmatics description: See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye back to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.' 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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 (you, Saul, ye, 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:687 # text = See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye back to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.' 1 See see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 lurking lurking NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 hideth hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 acl:relcl _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 20 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 certainty certainty NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 advcl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ _ 54 out out ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 55 among among ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 58 det:predet _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 62 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | therefore *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **take** | infinitive | you *not said here* | knowledge of all lurking places | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme | | 3 | **hide** | present | Saul | Saul | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 4 | **come back** | infinitive | ye | | me | | | with the certainty | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to i=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **go** | future | I | | | | | with you | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary | | 6 | **come** | shall | place | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pass** | to-infinitive | place *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | Saul | | | the land | | | tree rules | | 9 | **search out** | future | I | Saul | | | | among all thousands of Judah | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=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} וּרְא֣וּ וּדְע֗וּ מִכֹּ֤ל הַמַּֽחֲבֹאִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְחַבֵּ֣א שָׁ֔ם וְשַׁבְתֶּ֤ם אֵלַי֙ אֶל־נָכ֔וֹן וְהָלַכְתִּ֖י אִתְּכֶ֑ם וְהָיָה֙ אִם־יֶשְׁנ֣וֹ בָאָ֔רֶץ וְחִפַּשְׂתִּ֣י אֹת֔וֹ בְּכֹ֖ל אַלְפֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃ [1 Samuel 23:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.23.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:687` 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. - ← previous: [1 Samuel 23:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.686/) - next →: [1 Samuel 23:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.688/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 23:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.23.23/)