--- title: 1 Samuel 6:19 (JPS 1917) — And He smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had gazed upon… · tree and pragmatics description: And He smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had gazed upon the ark of the LORD, even He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because the LORD had smitten the people with a great slaughter. 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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 (LORD, men, people), 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:153 # text = And He smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had gazed upon the ark of the LORD, even He smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because the LORD had smitten the people with a great slaughter. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 10 shemesh shemesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 gazed gaze VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ark ark NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 even even ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 seventy seventy NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 compound _ _ 34 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 mourned mourn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 because because SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 smitten smite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obj _ _ 49 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smite** | past | LORD | | | | | of the men of Beth shemesh | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **gaze** | past · perfect | men *= man* | | | | | upon the ark of the LORD | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon ark=Theme | | 3 | **smite** | past | LORD | seventy men and thousand men | | | | of the people | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus man=Experiencer | | 4 | **mourn** | past | the people | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **smite** | past · perfect | the LORD | the people | | | | with a great slaughter | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent people=Patient with slaughter=Instrument | 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} וַיַּ֞ךְ בְּאַנְשֵׁ֣י בֵֽית־שֶׁ֗מֶשׁבֵֽית־שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֤י רָאוּ֙ בַּאֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה וַיַּ֤ךְ בָּעָם֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִ֑ישׁ וַיִּֽתְאַבְּל֣וּ הָעָ֔ם כִּֽי־הִכָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה בָּעָ֖ם מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה [1 Samuel 6:19: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.19/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:1SA:153` 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 6:18 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.152/) - next →: [1 Samuel 6:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.154/) - ↑ back to [1 Samuel 6:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.6.19/)