--- title: 1 Samuel 4:19 (JPS 1917) — And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be… · tree and pragmatics description: And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered; and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came suddenly upon her. 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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 (daughter, child, tidings, father), 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:117 # text = And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered; and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came suddenly upon her. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ _ 7 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Phinehas Phinehas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 ' 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 near near ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 advcl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 tidings tiding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ _ 43 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 47 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 52 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 51 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 55 forth forth ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 57 for for SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 60 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 61 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 62 upon upon ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 obl _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Eli's daughter in law | | | | | with child; near *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **deliver** | to-infinitive · passive | Eli's daughter in law *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **hear** | past | child | the tidings | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer tiding=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | past · passive | the tidings *not said here* | the ark of God | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | child's father in law and child's husband *not said here* | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bow** | past | child's father in law and child's husband | child | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 7 | **bring** | past | child's father in law and child's husband *not said here* | | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come** | past | child's pains | | | | | upon child; suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon she=Location | | 9 | **pain** | | child | | | | | | nom pain «state transitive»: poss=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} וְכַלָּת֣וֹ אֵֽשֶׁת־פִּינְחָס֮ הָרָ֣ה לָלַת֒ וַתִּשְׁמַ֣ע אֶת־הַשְּׁמֻעָ֔ה אֶל־הִלָּקַח֙ אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וּמֵ֥ת חָמִ֖יהָ וְאִישָׁ֑הּ וַתִּכְרַ֣ע וַתֵּ֔לֶד כִּֽי־נֶהֶפְכ֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ צִרֶֽיהָ׃ [1 Samuel 4:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.4.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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