--- title: 1 Samuel 6:9 (JPS 1917) — And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh… · tree and pragmatics description: And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then He hath done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.' 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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, ark, shemesh, 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:143 # text = And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then He hath done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 2 cc _ _ 2 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ _ 18 shemesh shemesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 21 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 iobj _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 26 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 31 not not ADV RB Polarity=Neg 36 advcl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 52 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 acl:relcl _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed form=decl, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **go up** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ark | | | | | by the way of ark's own border to Beth shemesh | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 3 | **do** | present · perfect | shemesh | this great evil | us | | then | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | shall | we | | | | then | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **not** **is a** | present | ark | shemesh's hand | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **smite** | past | shemesh's hand | us | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus we=Experiencer | | 7 | **is a** | past | ark | a chance | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **happen** | past | a chance | | us | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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} וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם אִם־דֶּ֨רֶךְ גְּבוּל֤וֹ יַֽעֲלֶה֙ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ ה֚וּא עָ֣שָׂה לָ֔נוּ אֶת־הָרָעָ֥ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את וְאִם־לֹ֗א וְיָדַ֙עְנוּ֙ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָדוֹ֙ נָ֣גְעָה בָּ֔נוּ מִקְרֶ֥ה ה֖וּא הָ֥יָה לָֽנוּ׃ [1 Samuel 6:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:143` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [1 Samuel 6:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.142/) - next →: [1 Samuel 6:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.144/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.9/)