--- title: 1 Samuel 6:8 (JPS 1917) — And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the… · tree and pragmatics description: And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return Him for a guilt-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 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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 (you, ye, ark), 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:142 # text = And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return Him for a guilt-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 put put VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 25 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 26 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 guilt guilt NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ _ 31 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 coffer coffer NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 send send VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 away away ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the ark of the LORD | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | infinitive | you *not said here* | ark | | the cart | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme upon cart=Destination | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the jewels of gold | | a coffer by the side | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme in coffer=Destination | | 4 | **return** | present | ye | the jewels of gold | yoke | | | for a guilt offering | vn reciprocate-112 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme which=Eventuality | | 5 | **send away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | ark | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **go** | may | ark | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞ם אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֗ה וּנְתַתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־הָ֣עֲגָלָ֔ה וְאֵ֣ת ׀ כְּלֵ֣י הַזָּהָ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֥ם לוֹ֙ אָשָׁ֔ם תָּשִׂ֥ימוּ בָאַרְגַּ֖ז מִצִּדּ֑וֹ וְשִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם אֹת֖וֹ וְהָלָֽךְ׃ [1 Samuel 6:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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