1 Samuel 6:2 · JPS 1917
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying: 'What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? declare unto us wherewith we shall send it to its place.'
Who acts: Philistines, we · What happens: call, say, do, declare, send · To what, where: ark, place · Speech: someone speaks here
This is 1 Samuel 6:2 · 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 (Philistines, we), 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 | _ | 4 called | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Philistines | det |
| 3 | Philistines | philistine | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 called | nsubj |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 priests | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 priests | det |
| 7 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 called | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 diviners | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 diviners | det |
| 10 | diviners | diviner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 priests | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saying | punct |
| 12 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 called | advcl |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 saying | punct |
| 14 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 do | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 do | obj |
| 16 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 do | aux |
| 17 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 do | nsubj |
| 18 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 saying | ccomp |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 ark | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 ark | det |
| 21 | ark | ark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 do | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 LORD | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 LORD | det |
| 24 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 ark | nmod |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 do | punct |
| 26 | declare | declare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 do | parataxis |
| 27 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 28 us | case |
| 28 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 declare | obl |
| 29 | wherewith | wherewith | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 send | advmod |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 send | nsubj |
| 31 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 send | aux |
| 32 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 declare | advcl |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 send | obj |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 place | case |
| 35 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 place | nmod:poss |
| 36 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 send | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 called | punct |
| 38 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 do | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- yes/no question
- act
- ask
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed form=q, act=ask
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | the Philistines | for the priests and the diviners | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for priest=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | gerund | the Philistines not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do | shall | we | with the ark of the LORD | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | declare speech: other | infinitive | unto us | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | send | shall | we | ark | ark's place | wherewith property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to place=Destination |
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
וַיִּקְרְא֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים לַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים וְלַקֹּֽסְמִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה לַאֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֑ה הוֹדִעֻ֕נוּ בַּמֶּ֖ה נְשַׁלְּחֶ֥נּוּ לִמְקוֹמֽוֹ׃
1 Samuel 6:2: 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:136 of Mova's parse database.
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