--- title: 1 Samuel 30:15 (JPS 1917) — And David said to him: 'Wilt thou bring me down to this troop?' And… · tree and pragmatics description: And David said to him: 'Wilt thou bring me down to this troop?' And he said: 'Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.' 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And he said: 'Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.' **Who acts:** David, thou, Abiathar, I · **What happens:** say, bring down, swear, kill, deliver up · **To what, where:** Abiathar, me, troop, hands, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 30:15 · 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 (David, thou, Abiathar, I), 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:864 # text = And David said to him: 'Wilt thou bring me down to this troop?' And he said: 'Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 David David PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 8 Wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nsubj _ _ 10 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 down down ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 18 And and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Swear swear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 20 ccomp _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 31 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc:preconj _ _ 33 kill kill VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 34 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 37 cc _ _ 37 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 up up ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 40 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 51 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 50 obj _ _ 52 down down ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 57 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | David | | Abiathar | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to he=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 2 | **bring down** | future | thou | me | | this troop | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to troop=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abiathar | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **swear** | infinitive | | | | | | unto me; by God | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **kill** | future | thou | me | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 6 | **deliver up** | infinitive | thou *not said here* | me | | the hands of my master | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 7 | **bring down** | future | I | thee | | this troop | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Theme to troop=Destination | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ דָּוִ֔ד הֲתוֹרִדֵ֖נִי אֶל־הַגְּד֣וּד הַזֶּ֑ה וַיֹּ֡אמֶר הִשָּׁבְעָה֩ לִּ֨י בֵֽאלֹהִ֜ים אִם־תְּמִיתֵ֗נִי וְאִם־תַּסְגִּרֵ֙נִי֙ בְּיַד־אֲדֹנִ֔י וְאוֹרִֽדְךָ֖ אֶל־הַגְּד֥וּד הַזֶּֽה׃ [1 Samuel 30:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.30.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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