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title: 1 Samuel 5:11 (JPS 1917) — They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Phili… · tree and pragmatics
description: They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said: 'Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people'; for there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy t
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# 1 Samuel 5:11 · JPS 1917

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They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said: 'Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people'; for there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

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**Who acts:** Ekronites, ark, hand · **What happens:** send, gather, say, send away, let, go back · **To what, where:** lords, ark, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is 1 Samuel 5:11 · 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 (Ekronites, ark, hand), 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:133
# text = They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said: 'Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people'; for there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|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|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lords	lord	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Philistines	philistine	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
18	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	_
19	Send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
20	away	away	ADV	RP	_	19	compound:prt	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	ark	ark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	back	back	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	to	to	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
36	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
39	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
40	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	slay	slay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	advcl	_	_
42	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	41	obj	_	_
43	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	conj	_	_
48	'	's	PART	POS	_	46	case	_	_
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	_
50	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
51	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	52	expl	_	_
52	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	deadly	deadly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	discomfiture	discomfiture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	nsubj	_	_
56	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	59	det:predet	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	_
60	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	67	punct	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nsubj	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	_
65	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	cop	_	_
66	very	very	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	parataxis	_	_
68	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	67	advmod	_	_
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=decl

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | Ekronites *= ekronite* |  |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **gather** | past | Ekronites *= ekronite* *not said here* | all lords of the Philistines |  |  |  | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ekronites *= ekronite* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **send away** | infinitive |  | the ark of the God of Israel |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Theme |
| 5 | **let** | infinitive |  | ark |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **go back** | infinitive | ark *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to ark's own place *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result |
| 7 | **not** **slay** | infinitive | ark | us |  |  |  |  | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient |
| 8 | **is** | past | the hand of God |  |  | there |  | heavy *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ וַיַּאַסְפ֜וּ אֶת־כָּל־סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ שַׁלְּח֞וּ אֶת־אֲר֨וֹן אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְיָשֹׁ֣ב לִמְקֹמ֔וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָמִ֥ית אֹתִ֖י וְאֶת־עַמִּ֑י כִּֽי־הָיְתָ֤ה מְהֽוּמַת־מָ֙וֶת֙ בְּכָל־הָעִ֔יר כָּבְדָ֥ה מְאֹ֛ד יַ֥ד הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים שָֽׁם׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:133` of Mova's parse database.

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