--- title: 1 Samuel 5:8 (JPS 1917) — They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines un… · tree and pragmatics description: They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said: 'What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?' And they answered: 'Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath.' And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 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And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. **Who acts:** hands, we · **What happens:** send, gather, say, do, answer, let · **To what, where:** lords, ark · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 5:8 · 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 (hands, we), 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:129 # text = They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said: 'What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?' And they answered: 'Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath.' And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 unto unto ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ _ 19 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 22 obj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 33 And and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ _ 38 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 48 about about ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Gath Gath PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 38 punct _ _ 53 And and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 nmod _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 63 about about ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 64 thither thither ADV RB _ 63 fixed _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | therefore *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **gather** | past | hands *= hand* *not said here* | all lords of the Philistines | | | | unto hands *= hand* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | hands *= hand* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | shall | we | | | | | with the ark of the God of Israel | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | hands *= hand* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **carry** | infinitive · passive | | the ark of the God of Israel | | | | unto Gath; about *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **carry** | past | hands *= hand* | the ark of the God of Israel | | | | about *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=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} וַיִּשְׁלְח֡וּ וַיַּאַסְפוּ֩ אֶת־כָּל־סַרְנֵ֨י פְלִשְׁתִּ֜ים אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֗ה לַֽאֲרוֹן֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ גַּ֣ת יִסֹּ֔ב אֲר֖וֹן אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיַּסֵּ֕בּוּ אֶת־אֲר֖וֹן אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ס [1 Samuel 5:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.5.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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