--- title: 1 Samuel 25:28 (JPS 1917) — Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD wil… · tree and pragmatics description: Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil is not found in thee all thy days. 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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, I, LORD, handmaid), 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:749 # text = Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thy handmaid; for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD; and evil is not found in thee all thy days. 1 Forgive forgive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 trespass trespass NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 19 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 xcomp _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 because because SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 fighteth fight VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 obl _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl:unmarked _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgive** | imperative | you *not said here* | the trespass of thy handmaid | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trespass=Theme | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | future | the LORD | my lord | | | | certainly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Product | | 4 | **fight** | present | my lord | the battles of the LORD | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent battle=Co-Agent | | 5 | **not** **find** | present · passive | | evil | | thee | day | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 6 | **trespass** | | thy handmaid | | | | | | nom trespass «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **battle** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom battle «act 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} שָׂ֥א נָ֖א לְפֶ֣שַׁע אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ כִּ֣י עָשֹֽׂה־יַעֲשֶׂה֩ יְהוָ֨ה לַֽאדֹנִ֜י בַּ֣יִת נֶאֱמָ֗ן כִּי־מִלְחֲמ֤וֹת יְהוָה֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י נִלְחָ֔ם וְרָעָ֛ה לֹא־תִמָּצֵ֥א בְךָ֖ מִיָּמֶֽיךָ׃ [1 Samuel 25:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:749` 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 25:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.748/) - next →: [1 Samuel 25:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.750/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 25:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.25.28/)