--- title: 1 Samuel 28:17 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD hath wrought for Himself; as He spoke by me; and the LO… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD hath wrought for Himself; as He spoke by me; and the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David. 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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 (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:827 # text = And the LORD hath wrought for Himself; as He spoke by me; and the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 wrought wrought VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 18 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 rent rent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 out out ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 even even ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrought** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | for LORD | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | LORD | | | | | by me | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **rent** | present · perfect | the LORD | the kingdom | | | | of thy hand | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 4 | **give** | participle | the LORD *not said here* | kingdom | David | | | to thy neighbour | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to neighbour=Recipient | 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} וַיַּ֤עַשׂ יְהוָה֙ ל֔וֹ כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר דִּבֶּ֣ר בְּיָדִ֑י וַיִּקְרַ֨ע יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־הַמַּמְלָכָה֙ מִיָּדֶ֔ךָ וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ לְרֵעֲךָ֥ לְדָוִֽד׃ [1 Samuel 28:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.28.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:827` 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 28:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.826/) - next →: [1 Samuel 28:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.828/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.28.17/)