Judges 4:19 · JPS 1917
And he said unto her: 'Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.' And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
Who acts: Sisera, I, Jael · What happens: say, give, pray, drink, be, open · To what, where: little water, me, thee, bottle, drink, Sisera · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Judges 4:19 · 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 (Sisera, I, Jael), 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 | _ | 3 said | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | obl |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 Give | punct |
| 7 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 Give | punct |
| 8 | Give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 Give | iobj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Give | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 pray | nsubj |
| 12 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 Give | parataxis |
| 13 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 12 pray | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 water | punct |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 water | det |
| 16 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 water | amod |
| 17 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Give | obj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 drink | mark |
| 19 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 water | acl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 thirsty | punct |
| 21 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 24 thirsty | mark |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 thirsty | nsubj |
| 23 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 thirsty | cop |
| 24 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Give | advcl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Give | punct |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 8 Give | punct |
| 27 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 opened | cc |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 opened | nsubj |
| 29 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 bottle | det |
| 31 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 opened | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 milk | case |
| 33 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 bottle | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 gave | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 gave | cc |
| 36 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 opened | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 gave | iobj |
| 38 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 gave | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 covered | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 covered | cc |
| 41 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 gave | conj |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 covered | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- command
- act
- request
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Sisera | unto Jael | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | a little water | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient water=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pray | present | I | thee | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | drink | to-infinitive | a little water not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is | present | I | thirsty property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | open | past | Jael | a bottle of milk | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bottle=Theme | ||||
| 7 | give | past | Jael not said here | drink | Sisera | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme | |||
| 8 | cover | past | Jael not said here | Sisera | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=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
וַיֹּ֧אמֶר אֵלֶ֛יהָ הַשְׁקִינִי־נָ֥א מְעַט־מַ֖יִם כִּ֣י צָמֵ֑אתִי וַתִּפְתַּ֞ח אֶת־נֹ֧אוד הֶחָלָ֛ב וַתַּשְׁקֵ֖הוּ וַתְּכַסֵּֽהוּ׃
Judges 4:19: 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:JDG:113 of Mova's parse database.
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