--- title: 1 Samuel 27:1 (JPS 1917) — And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by t… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel; so shall I escape out of his hand.' 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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, hand, nothing, 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:796 # text = And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel; so shall I escape out of his hand.' 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 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 13 advmod _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 25 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 26 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 25 amod _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 than than SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Philistines Philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 43 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 despair despair VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 any any ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 49 advmod _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 56 det:predet _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 59 ; ; PUNCT : _ 63 punct _ _ 60 so so ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 61 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 64 out out ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 65 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 68 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 69 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | David's heart | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sweep away** | shall · passive | the hand of Saul | I | | | now; day | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location subject=Theme | | 3 | **be** | present | nothing | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **escape** | should | I | | | the land of the Philistines | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **despair** | future | Saul | | | | | of me | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **seek** | to-infinitive | Saul *not said here* | me | | all borders of Israel | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent i=Theme in border=Location | | 7 | **escape** | shall | I | | | David's hand | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out hand=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר דָּוִד֙ אֶל־לִבּ֔וֹ עַתָּ֛ה אֶסָּפֶ֥ה יוֹם־אֶחָ֖ד בְּיַד־שָׁא֑וּל אֵֽין־לִ֨י ט֜וֹב כִּ֣י הִמָּלֵ֥ט אִמָּלֵ֣ט ׀ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ מִמֶּ֤נִּי שָׁאוּל֙ לְבַקְשֵׁ֤נִי עוֹד֙ בְּכָל־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְנִמְלַטְתִּ֖י מִיָּדֽוֹ׃ [1 Samuel 27:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.1/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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