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title: 1 Samuel 29:6 (JPS 1917) — Then Achish called David, and said unto him: 'As the LORD liveth, th… · tree and pragmatics
description: Then Achish called David, and said unto him: 'As the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day; nevertheless the lords favour thee not. Who acts
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# 1 Samuel 29:6 · JPS 1917

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Then Achish called David, and said unto him: 'As the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day; nevertheless the lords favour thee not.

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**Who acts:** Achish, LORD, thou, going, I, day · **What happens:** call, say, live, be, not find, come · **To what, where:** David, host, evil, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Samuel 29:6 · 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 (Achish, LORD, thou, going), 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:843
# text = Then Achish called David, and said unto him: 'As the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day; nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	Achish	Achish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	_
12	As	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	liveth	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	nsubj	_	_
18	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	cop	_	_
20	upright	upright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	_
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
23	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	going	go	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
25	out	out	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	coming	come	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	conj	_	_
29	in	in	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	obl	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
36	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	conj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
40	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	45	punct	_	_
41	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	45	mark	_	_
42	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
43	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
44	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	45	advmod	_	_
45	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
46	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	45	obl	_	_
49	since	since	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	51	acl	_	_
55	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	54	obl	_	_
57	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	59	det	_	_
59	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	_
60	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	64	punct	_	_
61	nevertheless	nevertheless	ADV	RB	_	64	advmod	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	nsubj	_	_
64	favour	favour	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
65	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	64	obj	_	_
66	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	64	advmod	_	_
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: evaluate
- voice: character
- polarity: neg
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | Achish |  | David |  | then |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent david=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Achish *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto Achish | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **live** | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | present · perfect | thou |  |  |  |  | upright *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | present | thy going and thy coming |  |  | the host |  | with me; in my sight; good *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **find** | present · perfect | I | evil |  | thee | day |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent evil=Topic |
| 7 | **come** | gerund | the day *not said here* |  |  |  | day | unto me | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **not** **favour** | present | the lords | thee |  |  |  | nevertheless *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **sight** |  | my |  |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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}

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וַיִּקְרָ֨א אָכִ֜ישׁ אֶל־דָּוִ֗ד וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵ֠לָיו חַי־יְהוָ֞ה כִּי־יָשָׁ֣ר אַתָּ֗ה וְט֣וֹב בְּ֠עֵינַי צֵאתְךָ֨וּבֹאֲךָ֤ אִתִּי֙ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה כִּ֠י לֹֽא־מָצָ֤אתִֽי בְךָ֙ רָעָ֔ה מִיּ֛וֹם בֹּאֲךָ֥ אֵלַ֖י עַד־הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וּבְעֵינֵ֥י הַסְּרָנִ֖ים לֹֽא־ט֥וֹב אָֽתָּה׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:843` of Mova's parse database.

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