--- title: 1 Samuel 26:6 (JPS 1917) — Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abisha… · tree and pragmatics description: Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying: 'Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?' And Abishai said: 'I will go down with thee.' 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And Abishai said: 'I will go down with thee.' **Who acts:** David, Abishai, I · **What happens:** answer, say, go down · **To what, where:** Ahimelech, Saul · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 26:6 · 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 (David, Abishai, I), 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:773 # text = Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying: 'Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?' And Abishai said: 'I will go down with thee.' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Ahimelech Ahimelech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Hittite Hittite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Abishai Abishai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Zeruiah Zeruiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Joab Joab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 26 Who who PRON WP PronType=Int 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 29 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ _ 38 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ 39 And and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 Abishai Abishai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 42 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 ccomp _ _ 47 down down ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 46 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 46 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=q, act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | then | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David *not said here* | | Ahimelech and Abishai | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to ahimelech=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go down** | future | | | Saul | | | with me; to the camp; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abishai | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go down** | future | I | | | | | with thee; down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וַיַּ֨עַן דָּוִ֜ד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ אֶל־אֲחִימֶ֣לֶךְ הַחִתִּ֗י וְאֶל־אֲבִישַׁ֨י בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֜ה אֲחִ֤י יוֹאָב֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מִֽי־יֵרֵ֥ד אִתִּ֛י אֶל־שָׁא֖וּל אֶל־הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲבִישַׁ֔י אֲנִ֖י אֵרֵ֥ד עִמָּֽךְ׃ [1 Samuel 26:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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