--- title: 1 Samuel 4:4 (JPS 1917) — So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark o… · tree and pragmatics description: So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who sitteth upon the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 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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 (people, LORD, two sons, God), 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:100 # text = So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, who sitteth upon the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Shiloh Shiloh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 thence thence ADV RB _ 10 obl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 sitteth sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 cherubim cherubim NOUN NN Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 33 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Eli Eli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Hophni Hophni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 Phinehas Phinehas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 conj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 covenant covenant NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **send** | past | the people | | Shiloh | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to shiloh=Destination | | 2 | **bring** | past | people | the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent ark=Theme from thence=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **sit** | present | the LORD of hosts | | | the cherubim | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon cherubim=Location | | 4 | **is** | past | the two sons of Eli and Hophni and Phinehas | | | | | with the ark of the covenant of God; there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **covenant** | | the LORD of hosts | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **covenant** | | God | | | | | | nom covenant «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח הָעָם֙ שִׁלֹ֔ה וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ מִשָּׁ֗ם אֵ֣ת אֲר֧וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָ֛ה צְבָא֖וֹת יֹשֵׁ֣ב הַכְּרֻבִ֑ים וְשָׁ֞ם שְׁנֵ֣י בְנֵֽי־עֵלִ֗י עִם־אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים חָפְנִ֖י וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃ [1 Samuel 4:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.4.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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