Judges 9:2 · JPS 1917

'Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem: Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.'

Who acts: you, I, sons · What happens: speak, pray, be, rule, remember · To what, where: you, ears, threescore persons, bone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is Judges 9:2 · 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 (you, I, sons), 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	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 Speak	punct
2	Speak	speak	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Speak	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 pray	nsubj
5	pray	pray	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Speak	parataxis
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 pray	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ears	punct
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 ears	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ears	det
10	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pray	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 men	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 men	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 men	det
14	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 ears	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 Shechem	case
16	Shechem	Shechem	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 men	nmod
17	:	:	PUNCT	_	20 better	punct
18	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 better	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 better	cop
20	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 Speak	parataxis
21	for	for	ADP	_	22 you	case
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 better	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 rule	punct
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	38 rule	mark
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	27 sons	det:predet
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 sons	det
27	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 rule	nsubj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 Jerubbaal	case
29	Jerubbaal	Jerubbaal	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 sons	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 persons	punct
31	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	36 persons	nsubj
32	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	36 persons	cop
33	threescore	threescore	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	36 persons	nummod
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 ten	cc
35	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	33 threescore	conj
36	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 sons	acl:relcl
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 rule	punct
38	rule	rule	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 better	csubj
39	over	over	ADP	_	40 you	case
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	38 rule	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 rule	punct
42	or	or	CCONJ	_	45 rule	cc
43	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	45 rule	det
44	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	45 rule	nummod
45	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 rule	conj
46	over	over	ADP	_	47 you	case
47	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	45 rule	nmod
48	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Speak	punct
49	remember	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Speak	parataxis
50	also	also	ADV	_	49 remember	advmod
51	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 bone	mark
52	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 bone	nsubj
53	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	55 bone	cop
54	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 bone	nmod:poss
55	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 remember	ccomp
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 flesh	cc
57	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 flesh	nmod:poss
58	flesh	flesh	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 bone	conj
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Speak	punct
60	'	'	PUNCT	_	2 Speak	punct

Pragmatics

form: command
act: request
voice: character
polarity: none
teacher: kept the draft

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	imperative	you not said here				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pray	present	I	you	the ears of all men of Shechem		tree rules
3	is	present				for you; good property	tree rules
4	is a	present	all sons of Jerubbaal	threescore persons			tree rules
5	rule	present	all sons of Jerubbaal			over you	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	remember	infinitive					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
7	is a	present	I	your bone and your flesh			tree rules

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

דַּבְּרוּ־נָ֞א בְּאָזְנֵ֨י כָל־בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶם֮ מַה־טּ֣וֹב לָכֶם֒ הַמְשֹׁ֨ל בָּכֶ֜ם שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ כֹּ֚ל בְּנֵ֣י יְרֻבַּ֔עַל אִם־מְשֹׁ֥ל בָּכֶ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־עַצְמֵכֶםוּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם אָנִֽי׃

Judges 9:2: 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:JDG:262 of Mova's parse database.

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