--- title: 1 Samuel 26:24 (JPS 1917) — And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so l… · tree and pragmatics description: And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.' Who acts: you, life, LORD. 1 Samuel 26:24 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.794/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/) / [chapter 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/26/) / [26:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.24/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 26:24 · JPS 1917 And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.' **Who acts:** you, life, LORD · **What happens:** set by, let, deliver · **To what, where:** life, eyes, LORD, me, tribulation This is 1 Samuel 26:24 · 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 (you, life, LORD), 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:794 # text = And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 much much ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 11 by by ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 mine mine PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 23 much much ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 xcomp _ _ 25 by by ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 35 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 tribulation tribulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 19 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 | **set by** | past · passive | | thy life | | mine eyes | day | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in eye=Destination | | 2 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | my life | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **set by** | infinitive · passive | my life *not said here* | | | the eyes of the LORD | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in eye=Destination | | 4 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **deliver** | infinitive | LORD *not said here* | me | | all tribulation | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme out tribulation=Initial\_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} וְהִנֵּ֗ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר גָּדְלָ֧ה נַפְשְׁךָ֛ הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה בְּעֵינָ֑י כֵּ֣ן תִּגְדַּ֤ל נַפְשִׁי֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְיַצִּלֵ֖נִי מִכָּל־צָרָֽה׃פ [1 Samuel 26:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.26.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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