--- title: 1 Samuel 25:26 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth,… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 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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 (LORD, soul, you, enemies), 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:747 # text = Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from bloodguiltiness, and from finding redress for thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 vocative _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 40 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 withholden withhold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 ccomp _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 bloodguiltiness bloodguiltiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 from from SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 conj _ _ 30 redress redress NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 29 obl _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 38 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 39 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 41 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 conj _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj _ _ 47 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 48 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 54 as as ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Nabal Nabal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 xcomp _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 40 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed form=imp, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **live** | present | thy soul | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **withhold** | present · perfect | the LORD | thee | | bloodguiltiness | | | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | redress | | | | for thyself; with thine own hand | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent redress=Theme for thyself=Beneficiary | | 6 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | thine enemies | | | now; now | my lord *vocative*; therefore *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme | | 7 | **seek** | present | | evil | | | | to my lord | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Theme | | 8 | **is** | infinitive | thine enemies *not said here* | | | | | as Nabal | tree rules | 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} וְעַתָּ֣ה אֲדֹנִ֗י חַי־יְהוָ֤ה וְחֵֽי־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר מְנָעֲךָ֤ יְהוָה֙ מִבּ֣וֹא בְדָמִ֔ים וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ יָדְךָ֖ לָ֑ךְ וְעַתָּ֗ה יִֽהְי֤וּ כְנָבָל֙ אֹיְבֶ֔יךָ וְהַֽמְבַקְשִׁ֥ים אֶל־אֲדֹנִ֖י רָעָֽה׃ [1 Samuel 25:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:747` 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 25:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.746/) - next →: [1 Samuel 25:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.748/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 25:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.26/)