--- title: 1 Samuel 28:22 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.' 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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 (I, thou, me), 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:832 # text = Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.' 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 10 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 handmaid handmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 morsel morsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 34 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 36 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 when when SCONJ WRB _ 40 mark _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 goest go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | now | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hearken** | infinitive | thou | | | | | unto the voice of thy handmaid | tree rules | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | me *not said here* | a morsel of bread | | thee | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent morsel=Theme before thou=Destination | | 5 | **eat** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **have** | may | thou | strength | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strength=Patient | | 7 | **go** | present | thou | | | thy way | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=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} וְעַתָּ֗ה שְׁמַֽע־נָ֤א גַם־אַתָּה֙ בְּק֣וֹל שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָ וְאָשִׂ֧מָה לְפָנֶ֛יךָ פַּת־לֶ֖חֶם וֶאֱכ֑וֹל וִיהִ֤י בְךָ֙ כֹּ֔חַ כִּ֥י תֵלֵ֖ךְ בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃ [1 Samuel 28:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.28.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:832` 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 28:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.831/) - next →: [1 Samuel 28:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.833/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 28:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.28.22/)