--- title: 1 Samuel 27:5 (JPS 1917) — And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eye… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?' 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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, I, eyes, servant), 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:800 # text = And David said unto Achish: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there; for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee?' 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 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Achish Achish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 8 If if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 advcl _ _ 13 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 18 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 iobj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 39 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 41 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 44 obl _ _ 51 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | | | | unto Achish | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | I | favour | | thine eyes | now | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent favour=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | eyes *= eye* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | eyes *= eye* *not said here* | a place | me | | | in one of the cities in the country | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient place=Theme | | 5 | **dwell** | may | I | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **dwell** | should | thy servant | | | the royal city | | with thee | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר דָּוִ֜ד אֶל־אָכִ֗ישׁ אִם־נָא֩ מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ יִתְּנוּ־לִ֣י מָק֗וֹם בְּאַחַ֛ת עָרֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וְאֵ֣שְׁבָה שָּׁ֑ם וְלָ֨מָּה יֵשֵׁ֧ב עַבְדְּךָ֛ בְּעִ֥יר הַמַּמְלָכָ֖ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ [1 Samuel 27:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:800` 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 27:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.799/) - next →: [1 Samuel 27:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.801/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 27:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.5/)