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title: 1 Samuel 6:15 (JPS 1917) — And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that w… · tree and pragmatics
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# 1 Samuel 6:15 · JPS 1917

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And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

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**Who acts:** Levites, coffer, men · **What happens:** take down, be, put, offer, burnt, sacrifice · **To what, where:** ark, jewels, great stone, burnt offerings, sacrifices

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This is 1 Samuel 6:15 · 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 (Levites, coffer, men), 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:149
# text = And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Levites	Levite	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ark	ark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	coffer	coffer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	acl:relcl	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	wherein	wherein	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	25	advmod	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
29	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nsubj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	41	punct	_	_
41	shemesh	Beth-shemesh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
42	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
43	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	amod	_	_
44	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	43	punct	_	_
45	offerings	offering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obj	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	sacrificed	sacrifice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
48	sacrifices	sacrifice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl:unmarked	_	_
52	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
55	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take down** | past | the Levites | the ark of the LORD and the coffer |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ark=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the coffer |  |  |  |  | with ark | tree rules |
| 3 | **put** | past | the Levites *not said here* | jewels *= jewel* |  | the great stone |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on stone=Destination |
| 4 | **offer** | past | the men of Beth shemesh | burnt offerings |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme |
| 5 | **burnt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **sacrifice** | past | the men of Beth shemesh *not said here* | sacrifices |  |  | day | unto the LORD | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme |

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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}

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וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם הוֹרִ֣ידוּ ׀ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֗ה וְאֶת־הָאַרְגַּ֤ז אֲשֶׁר־אִתּוֹ֙ אֲשֶׁר־בּ֣וֹ כְלֵֽי־זָהָ֔ב וַיָּשִׂ֖מוּ אֶל־הָאֶ֣בֶן הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י בֵֽית־שֶׁ֗מֶשׁבֵֽית־שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ הֶעֱל֨וּ עֹל֜וֹת וַֽיִּזְבְּח֧וּ זְבָחִ֛ים בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לַֽיהוָֽה׃

[1 Samuel 6:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.15/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:149` of Mova's parse database.

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