--- title: 1 Samuel 29:3 (JPS 1917) — Then said the princes of the Philistines: 'What do these Hebrews her… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said the princes of the Philistines: 'What do these Hebrews here?' And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines: 'Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.840/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/) / [chapter 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/29/) / [29:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.29.3/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 29:3 · JPS 1917 Then said the princes of the Philistines: 'What do these Hebrews here?' And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines: 'Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day?' **Who acts:** princes, Achish, this, servant, I · **What happens:** say, not be, be, find, fall away · **To what, where:** David, fault · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 29:3 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (princes, Achish, this, 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:840 # text = Then said the princes of the Philistines: 'What do these Hebrews here?' And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines: 'Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who hath been with me these days or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell away unto me unto this day?' 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 11 obj _ _ 11 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 12 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 Hebrews Hebrew PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 14 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 16 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 17 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 Achish Achish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 unto unto ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 28 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 31 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 43 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 cop _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 acl:relcl _ _ 47 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 48 det _ _ 48 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl:unmarked _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 51 det _ _ 51 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 55 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 conj _ _ 57 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 58 det _ _ 58 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ _ 61 since since SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 62 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 64 away away ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 65 unto unto ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 obl _ _ 67 unto unto ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 69 det _ _ 69 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ _ 70 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 71 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the princes of the Philistines | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Achish | | | | | unto the princes of the Philistines | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is a** | present | this | David | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present · perfect | the servant of Saul | | | | day | with me | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | present · perfect | I | no fault | | | | in Achish | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Topic | | 6 | **fall away** | past | Achish | | | | day | unto me; away *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ שָׂרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים מָ֖ה הָעִבְרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אָכִ֜ישׁ אֶל־שָׂרֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים הֲלֽוֹא־זֶ֨ה דָוִ֜ד עֶ֣בֶד ׀ שָׁא֣וּל מֶֽלֶךְ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר הָיָ֤ה אִתִּי֙ זֶ֤ה יָמִים֙ אוֹ־זֶ֣ה שָׁנִ֔ים וְלֹֽא־מָצָ֤אתִי בוֹ֙ מְא֔וּמָה מִיּ֥וֹם נָפְל֖וֹ עַד־הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃פ [1 Samuel 29:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.29.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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