--- title: 1 Samuel 26:11 (JPS 1917) — The LORD forbid it me, that I should put forth my hand against the L… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD forbid it me, that I should put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water and let us go.' 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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, I, spear, us), 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:778 # text = The LORD forbid it me, that I should put forth my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water and let us go.' 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 forbid forbid VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 forth forth ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 12 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 'S 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 anointed anointed NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ _ 22 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 spear spear NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 acl:relcl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cruse cruse NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 46 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forbid** | present | the LORD | hand | me | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | should | I | my hand | | the LORD's anointed | | forth *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme against anointed=Destination | | 3 | **take** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | the spear and the cruse of water | | | now | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Theme | | 4 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | the spear and the cruse of water | | | LORD's head | | | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | the LORD *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} חָלִ֤ילָה לִּי֙ מֵֽיהוָ֔ה מִשְּׁלֹ֥חַ יָדִ֖י בִּמְשִׁ֣יחַ יְהוָ֑ה וְ֠עַתָּה קַח־נָ֨א אֶֽת־הַחֲנִ֜ית אֲשֶׁ֧ר מְרַאֲשֹׁתָ֛יו וְאֶת־צַפַּ֥חַת הַמַּ֖יִם וְנֵ֥לֲכָה לָּֽנוּ׃ [1 Samuel 26:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:778` 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 26:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.777/) - next →: [1 Samuel 26:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.779/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 26:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.11/)