--- title: 1 Samuel 6:3 (JPS 1917) — And they said: 'If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send i… · tree and pragmatics description: And they said: 'If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return Him a guilt-offering; then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.' 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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 (Philistines, ye), 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:137 # text = And they said: 'If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return Him a guilt-offering; then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 6 If if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 nsubj _ _ 8 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 9 away away ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 18 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 27 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 28 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 32 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 35 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 healed heal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 48 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 50 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux:pass _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 52 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 advcl _ _ 53 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Philistines *= philistine* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **send away** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | the ark of the God of Israel | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Theme | | 3 | **send** | infinitive | | ark | | | | empty *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **return** | infinitive | | a guilt offering | Israel | | | | vn reciprocate-112 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme offering=Eventuality | | 5 | **heal** | shall · passive | | ye | | | then | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **know** | shall · passive | | ark | you | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **not** **remove** | present · passive | | Israel's hand | | | | from you | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from you=Source | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אִֽם־מְשַׁלְּחִ֞ים אֶת־אֲר֨וֹן אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אַל־תְּשַׁלְּח֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ רֵיקָ֔ם כִּֽי־הָשֵׁ֥ב תָּשִׁ֛יבוּ ל֖וֹ אָשָׁ֑ם אָ֤ז תֵּרָֽפְאוּ֙ וְנוֹדַ֣ע לָכֶ֔ם לָ֛מָּה לֹא־תָס֥וּר יָד֖וֹ מִכֶּֽם׃ [1 Samuel 6:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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