--- title: 1 Samuel 26:20 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the pres… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.' 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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, blood, king, one), 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:790 # text = Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 6 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 flea flea NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 when when SCONJ WRB _ 38 mark _ _ 36 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Ind 38 nsubj _ _ 37 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 hunt hunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 partridge partridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | my blood | | | now | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **fall** | infinitive | my blood *not said here* | | | the presence of the LORD | | to the earth; away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial\_Location from presence=Destination | | 3 | **come out** | present · passive | the king of Israel | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **seek** | to-infinitive | the king of Israel *not said here* | a single flea | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flea=Theme | | 5 | **hunt** | present · do-support | one | a partridge | | the mountains | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent partridge=Theme in mountain=Location | 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} וְעַתָּ֗ה אַל־יִפֹּ֤ל דָּֽמִי֙ אַ֔רְצָה מִנֶּ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה כִּֽי־יָצָ֞א מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לְבַקֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־פַּרְעֹ֣שׁ אֶחָ֔ד כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר יִרְדֹּ֥ף הַקֹּרֵ֖א בֶּהָרִֽים׃ [1 Samuel 26:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:790` 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 26:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.789/) - next →: [1 Samuel 26:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.791/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 26:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.20/)