1 Samuel 4:20 · JPS 1917
And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her: 'Fear not; for thou hast brought forth a son.' But she answered not, neither did she regard it.
Who acts: women, thou, child · What happens: stand, say, not fear, bring, not answer, regard · To what, where: son, death · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 4:20 · 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 (women, thou, child), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 said | cc |
| 2 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 said | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 death | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 death | nmod:poss |
| 7 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 time | nmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 women | det |
| 9 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 said | nsubj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 11 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 women | acl:relcl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 her | case |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stood | obl |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 16 her | case |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 said | obl |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 Fear | punct |
| 18 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 Fear | punct |
| 19 | Fear | fear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 said | ccomp |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 Fear | advmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 brought | punct |
| 22 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 25 brought | mark |
| 23 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 25 brought | nsubj |
| 24 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 brought | aux |
| 25 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 Fear | advcl |
| 26 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 25 brought | advmod |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 son | det |
| 28 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 brought | obj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 Fear | punct |
| 30 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 Fear | punct |
| 31 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 answered | cc |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 answered | nsubj |
| 33 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 said | conj |
| 34 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 33 answered | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 regard | punct |
| 36 | neither | neither | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 39 regard | cc |
| 37 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 regard | aux |
| 38 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 regard | nsubj |
| 39 | regard | regard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 answered | conj |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 regard | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
Pragmatics
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- teacher
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | the women | by child | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by she=Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the women | time | unto child | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | not fear | infinitive | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | bring | present · perfect | thou | a son | forth property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument son=Destination | |||
| 5 | not answer speech: assert | past | child | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | regard | past · do-support | child | death | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 7 | die | child | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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
וּכְעֵ֣ת מוּתָ֗הּ וַתְּדַבֵּ֙רְנָה֙ הַנִּצָּב֣וֹת עָלֶ֔יהָ אַל־תִּֽירְאִ֖י כִּ֣י בֵ֣ן יָלָ֑דְתְּ וְלֹ֥א עָנְתָ֖ה וְלֹא־שָׁ֥תָה לִבָּֽהּ׃
1 Samuel 4:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:1SA:118 of Mova's parse database.
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