--- title: 1 Samuel 6:18 (JPS 1917) — and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of th… · tree and pragmatics description: and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Abel by the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.152/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [1 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/) / [chapter 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA/6/) / [6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.18/) / JPS 1 # 1 Samuel 6:18 · JPS 1917 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Abel by the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. **Who acts:** cities, Philistines, stone · **What happens:** accord, belong, fortify, set down, remain · **To what, where:** ark, field This is 1 Samuel 6:18 · 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 (cities, Philistines, stone), 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:152 # text = and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even unto Abel by the great stone, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Philistines philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 both both PRON DT PronType=Tot 21 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 fortified fortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 amod _ _ 26 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 villages village NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Abel Abel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 whereon whereon ADV WRB PronType=Int 42 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 down down ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 which which DET WDT PronType=Rel 51 det _ _ 51 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 remaineth remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 53 unto unto ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Joshua Joshua PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 62 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 compound _ _ 63 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 62 punct _ _ 64 shemite shemite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 appos _ _ 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **belong** | gerund | all cities of the Philistines unto Abel by the great stone *not said here* | | | | | to the five lords | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fortify** | participle | | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set down** | past | Philistines *= philistine* | the ark of the LORD | | | | whereon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient ark=Result | | 5 | **remain** | present | which stone | | | the field of Joshua | day | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in field=Location | 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} וְעַכְבְּרֵ֣י הַזָּהָ֗ב מִסְפַּ֞ר כָּל־עָרֵ֤י פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ לַחֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הַסְּרָנִ֔ים מֵעִ֣יר מִבְצָ֔ר וְעַ֖ד כֹּ֣פֶר הַפְּרָזִ֑י וְעַ֣ד ׀ אָבֵ֣ל הַגְּדוֹלָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִנִּ֤יחוּ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ אֵ֚ת אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה בִּשְׂדֵ֥ה יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בֵּֽית־הַשִּׁמְשִֽׁיבֵּֽית־הַשִּׁמְשִֽׁי׃ [1 Samuel 6:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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