--- title: 1 Samuel 6:4 (JPS 1917) — Then said they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall ret… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall return to Him?' And they said: 'Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. 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And they said: 'Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. **Who acts:** Philistines, we · **What happens:** say, be, return, accord · **To what, where:** guilt offering, Israel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 6:4 · 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 (Philistines, 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:138 # text = Then said they: 'What shall be the guilt-offering which we shall return to Him?' And they said: 'Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 6 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 20 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 21 And and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 26 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 27 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 emerods emerod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 ccomp _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 nummod _ _ 32 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 case _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nummod _ _ 48 plague plague NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 root _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 51 det _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=wh, act=ask, indirect=0, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Philistines *= philistine* | | | | then | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | shall | | the guilt offering | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **return** | shall | we | the guilt offering | Israel | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme to he=Destination | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Philistines *= philistine* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | on you | tree rules | 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 מָ֣ה הָאָשָׁם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָשִׁ֣יב לוֹ֒ וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ מִסְפַּר֙ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים חֲמִשָּׁה֙ טְחֹרֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב וַחֲמִשָּׁ֖ה עַכְבְּרֵ֣י זָהָ֑ב כִּֽי־מַגֵּפָ֥ה אַחַ֛ת לְכֻלָּ֖ם וּלְסַרְנֵיכֶֽם׃ [1 Samuel 6:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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