--- title: 1 Samuel 4:14 (JPS 1917) — And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said: 'What meaneth t… · tree and pragmatics description: And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said: 'What meaneth the noise of this tumult?' And the man made haste, and came and told Eli. 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And the man made haste, and came and told Eli. **Who acts:** Eli, man, crying, tumult · **What happens:** hear, say, mean, make, come, tell · **To what, where:** noise, haste, Eli · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 4:14 · 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 (Eli, man, crying, tumult), 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:111 # text = And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said: 'What meaneth the noise of this tumult?' And the man made haste, and came and told Eli. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 Eli Eli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 crying crying NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 15 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 16 nsubj _ _ 16 meaneth mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 det _ _ 21 tumult tumult NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 24 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 28 haste haste NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 34 Eli Eli PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 12 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 | **hear** | past | Eli | the noise of the crying | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Eli | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **mean** | present | | the noise of this tumult | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noise=Topic | | 4 | **make** | past | the man | haste | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent haste=Product | | 5 | **come** | past | the man *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the man *not said here* | | Eli | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent eli=Recipient | | 7 | **noise** | | the crying | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **noise** | | this tumult | | | | | | nom noise «event 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} וַיִּשְׁמַ֤ע עֵלִי֙ אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַצְּעָקָ֔ה וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מֶ֛ה ק֥וֹל הֶהָמ֖וֹן הַזֶּ֑ה וְהָאִ֣ישׁ מִהַ֔ר וַיָּבֹ֖א וַיַּגֵּ֥ד לְעֵלִֽי׃ [1 Samuel 4:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.4.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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