--- title: 1 Samuel 4:17 (JPS 1917) — And he that brought the tidings answered and said: 'Israel is fled b… · tree and pragmatics description: And he that brought the tidings answered and said: 'Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.' 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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 (Eli, two sons), 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:114 # text = And he that brought the tidings answered and said: 'Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 12 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 fled flee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 there there PRON EX _ 22 expl _ _ 21 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 conj _ _ 23 also also ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 27 among among ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 32 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 35 also also ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Hophni Hophni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 Phinehas Phinehas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 41 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | | the tidings | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent tiding=Theme | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Eli | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Eli *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **flee** | present · passive | | Israel | | | before the Philistines | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **is** | present | thy two sons | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | present · passive | | the ark of God | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} וַיַּ֨עַן הַֽמְבַשֵּׂ֜ר וַיֹּ֗אמֶר נָ֤ס יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לִפְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וְגַ֛ם מַגֵּפָ֥ה גְדוֹלָ֖ה הָיְתָ֣ה בָעָ֑ם וְגַם־שְׁנֵ֨י בָנֶ֜יךָ מֵ֗תוּ חָפְנִי֙ וּפִ֣ינְחָ֔ס וַאֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים נִלְקָֽחָה׃פ [1 Samuel 4:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.4.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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