--- title: 1 Samuel 26:10 (JPS 1917) — And David said: 'As the LORD liveth, nay, but the LORD shall smite h… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said: 'As the LORD liveth, nay, but the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle, and be swept away. 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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 (David, LORD, day), 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:777 # text = And David said: 'As the LORD liveth, nay, but the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle, and be swept away. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 As as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 liveth live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 nay nay INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 smite smite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 or or CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 32 down down ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 39 away away ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=promise | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **live** | present | the LORD | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **smite** | shall | the LORD | David | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 4 | **come** | shall | David's day | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **die** | to-infinitive | David's day *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **go down** | shall | David | | | battle | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **sweep away** | infinitive · passive | David *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V» | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֥י אִם־יְהוָ֖ה יִגָּפֶ֑נּוּ אֽוֹ־יוֹמ֤וֹ יָבוֹא֙ וָמֵ֔ת א֧וֹ בַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה יֵרֵ֖ד וְנִסְפָּֽה׃ [1 Samuel 26:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:777` 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 26:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.776/) - next →: [1 Samuel 26:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.778/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 26:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.10/)