--- title: 1 Samuel 24:5 (JPS 1917) — And the men of David said unto him: 'Behold the day in which the LOR… · tree and pragmatics description: And the men of David said unto him: 'Behold the day in which the LORD hath said unto thee: Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.' Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. 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Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. **Who acts:** men, LORD, I, thou, it, David · **What happens:** say, deliver, do, seem, arise, cut off · **To what, where:** enemy, hand, David, skirt · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 24:5 · 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, LORD, I, 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:700 # text = And the men of David said unto him: 'Behold the day in which the LORD hath said unto thee: Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thy hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee.' Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 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 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 11 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 obl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 27 discourse _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 28 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 45 unto unto ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 49 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 51 advmod _ _ 50 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 55 off off ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 skirt skirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 59 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nmod:poss _ _ 60 's 's PART POS _ 59 case _ _ 61 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 62 privily privily ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 63 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the men of David | | | | | unto David | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | in the day | unto thee | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in which=Manner | | 3 | **deliver** | future | I | thine enemy | | thy hand | day | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient | | 4 | **do** | shall | thou | | David | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **seem** | shall | it | | | | | good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **arise** | past | David | | | | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **cut off** | past | David *not said here* | the skirt of Saul's robe | | | | privily *property* | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector skirt=Eventuality | 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} וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י דָוִ֜ד אֵלָ֗יו הִנֵּ֨ה הַיּ֜וֹם אֲ‍ֽשֶׁר־אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֣ה אֵלֶ֗יךָ הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י נֹתֵ֤ן אֶת־אֹֽיִבְךָ֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ לּ֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר יִטַ֣ב בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וַיָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֗ד וַיִּכְרֹ֛ת אֶת־כְּנַֽף־הַמְּעִ֥יל אֲשֶׁר־לְשָׁא֖וּל בַּלָּֽט׃ [1 Samuel 24:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.24.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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