--- title: 1 Samuel 6:12 (JPS 1917) — And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they… · tree and pragmatics description: And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 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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 (kine, men, lords), 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:146 # text = And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 kine kine NOUN NN Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 straight straight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 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 4 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 14 shemesh Beth-shemesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 18 along along ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 highway highway NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 lowing low VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 23 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 30 aside aside ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ _ 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 after after ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 55 punct _ _ 55 shemesh shemesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the kine | the straight way | | | | by the way Beth shemesh | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | men *= man* | | | the highway | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along highway=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **low** | gerund | men *= man* *not said here* | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **go** | past | men *= man* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **turn** | past | men *= man* *not said here* | | | the right hand or the left | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to hand=Trajectory | | 6 | **go** | past | the lords of the Philistines | | | | after men *= man* | unto the border of Beth shemesh | 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} וַיִשַּׁ֨רְנָההַפָּר֜וֹת בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ עַל־דֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ בִּמְסִלָּ֣ה אַחַ֗ת הָלְכ֤וּ הָלֹךְ֙ וְגָע֔וֹ וְלֹא־סָ֖רוּ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֑אול וְסַרְנֵ֤י פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ הֹלְכִ֣ים אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם עַד־גְּב֖וּל בֵּ֥ית שָֽׁמֶשׁ בֵּ֥ית שָֽׁמֶשׁ׃ [1 Samuel 6:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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