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And the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man. **Who acts:** anger, Whosoever, dread, words · **What happens:** take, cut, send, say, not come, do · **To what, where:** yoke, words, pieces, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is 1 Samuel 11:7 · 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 (anger, Whosoever, dread, words), 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:266 # text = And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying: 'Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen.' And the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man. 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 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 yoke yoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 cut cut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 throughout throughout ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 33 Whosoever whosoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 34 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 36 forth forth ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 after after ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Saul Saul PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 43 so so ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 oxen ox NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 53 And and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 dread dread NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 60 on on ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 59 obl _ _ 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 66 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 conj _ _ 67 out out ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 68 as as ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 70 nummod _ _ 70 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 71 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | anger | a yoke of oxen | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yoke=Theme | | 2 | **cut** | past | anger *not said here* | words *= word* | | pieces | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 3 | **send** | past | anger *not said here* | words *= word* | | | throughout all borders of Israel | by the hand of messengers | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | anger *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **come** | present | Whosoever | | | | after Saul and Samuel | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** | shall · passive | | yoke | | | | unto anger's oxen | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **fall** | past | the dread of the LORD | | | | | on the people | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on people=Location | | 8 | **come out** | past | words *= word* | | | | | as one man; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **dread** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom dread «feeling 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} וַיִּקַּח֩ צֶ֨מֶד בָּקָ֜ר וַֽיְנַתְּחֵ֗הוּ וַיְשַׁלַּ֞ח בְּכָל־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ בְּיַ֣ד הַמַּלְאָכִ֣ים ׀ לֵאמֹר֒ אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵינֶ֨נּוּ יֹצֵ֜א אַחֲרֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ וְאַחַ֣ר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל כֹּ֥ה יֵעָשֶׂ֖ה לִבְקָר֑וֹ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל פַּֽחַד־יְהוָה֙ עַל־הָעָ֔ם וַיֵּצְא֖וּ כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָֽד׃ [1 Samuel 11:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.11.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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