--- title: 1 Samuel 25:8 (JPS 1917) — Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young… · tree and pragmatics description: Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come on a good day; give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.' 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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, shepherds, young men, we), 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:729 # text = Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee; wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes; for we come on a good day; give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thy hand, unto thy servants, and to thy son David.' 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 iobj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 13 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 18 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 26 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 31 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 obj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 51 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 appos _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | thy young men | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | shepherds *= shepherd* | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | the young men | | | | wherefore *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | infinitive | the young men *not said here* | favour | | thine eyes | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 5 | **come** | present | we | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give** | infinitive | | | | | | unto thy servants and thy son | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come** | present | whatsoever | | | thy hand | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to hand=Initial\_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} שְׁאַ֨ל אֶת־נְעָרֶ֜יךָ וְיַגִּ֣ידוּ לָ֗ךְ וְיִמְצְא֨וּ הַנְּעָרִ֥ים חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ כִּֽי־עַל־י֥וֹם ט֖וֹב בָּ֑נוּ תְּנָה־נָּ֗א אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֤א יָֽדְךָ֙ לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ וּלְבִנְךָ֖ לְדָוִֽד׃ [1 Samuel 25:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:729` 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 25:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.728/) - next →: [1 Samuel 25:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.730/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 25:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.8/)