--- title: 1 Samuel 27:11 (JPS 1917) — And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, s… · tree and pragmatics description: And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying: 'Lest they should tell on us, saying: So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.' 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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, men), 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:807 # text = And David left neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying: 'Lest they should tell on us, saying: So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 neither neither DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 7 cc _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 12 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Gath Gath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 19 Lest lest SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 So so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 30 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 34 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 cop _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 38 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | David | neither man nor woman | | | | alive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **bring** | to-infinitive | David *not said here* | men *= man* | Gath | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to gath=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | David *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | should | men *= man* | | | | | on us | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | present · perfect | men *= man* *not said here* | David's manner | | | while | | tree rules | | 7 | **dwell** | present · perfect | David | | | the country of the Philistines | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=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} וְאִ֨ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֜ה לֹֽא־יְחַיֶּ֣ה דָוִ֗ד לְהָבִ֥יא גַת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר פֶּן־יַגִּ֥דוּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ לֵאמֹ֑ר כֹּֽה־עָשָׂ֤ה דָוִד֙ וְכֹ֣ה מִשְׁפָּט֔וֹ כָּל־הַ֨יָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יָשַׁ֖ב בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ [1 Samuel 27:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.27.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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