--- title: 1 Samuel 7:12 (JPS 1917) — Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and ca… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying: 'Hitherto hath the LORD helped 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 (Samuel, LORD), 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:168 # text = Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying: 'Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.' 1 Then then ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Mizpah Mizpah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Shen Shen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nmod _ _ 21 Eben Eben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 23 ezer ezer PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 26 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 28 Hitherto hitherto ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 29 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 ccomp _ _ 33 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ _ 35 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Samuel | a stone | | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | | 2 | **set** | past | Samuel *not said here* | stone | | | | between Mizpah and Shen | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme between mizpah=Destination | | 3 | **call** | past | Samuel *not said here* | the name of name | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Samuel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **help** | present · perfect | the LORD | | us | | | hitherto *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 6 | **name** | | | name | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַיִּקַּ֨ח שְׁמוּאֵ֜ל אֶ֣בֶן אַחַ֗ת וַיָּ֤שֶׂם בֵּֽין־הַמִּצְפָּה֙ וּבֵ֣ין הַשֵּׁ֔ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ אֶ֣בֶנ הָעָ֑זֶר אֶ֣בֶנ הָעָ֑זֶר וַיֹּאמַ֕ר עַד־הֵ֖נָּה עֲזָרָ֥נוּ יְהוָֽה׃ [1 Samuel 7:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.7.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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