--- title: 1 Samuel 25:3 (JPS 1917) — Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail;… · tree and pragmatics description: Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. 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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 (name, woman, man), 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:724 # text = Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful form; but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 Nabal Nabal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 Abigail Abigail PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 appos _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 churlish churlish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 doings doing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Caleb Caleb PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the name of the man | Nabal and the name of man's wife and good understanding and a beautiful form and the house | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the woman | | | | | of good understanding and a beautiful form | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the man | | | man's doings | | churlish *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | the man *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | man | | | | | of the house; of Caleb | tree rules | | 6 | **name** | | | the man | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **name** | | | man's wife | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְשֵׁ֤ם הָאִישׁ֙ נָבָ֔ל וְשֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ אֲבִגָ֑יִל וְהָאִשָּׁ֤ה טֽוֹבַת־שֶׂ֙כֶל֙ וִ֣יפַת תֹּ֔אַר וְהָאִ֥ישׁ קָשֶׁ֛ה וְרַ֥ע מַעֲלָלִ֖ים וְה֥וּא כָלִבִּֽי׃ [1 Samuel 25:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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