Judges 15:18 · JPS 1917
And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said: 'Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of Thy servant; and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?'
Who acts: Samson, Thou, I · What happens: be, call, say, give, die, fall · To what, where: great deliverance, hand · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Judges 15:18 · 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 (Samson, Thou, I), 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 sore | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sore | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sore | cop |
| 4 | sore | sore | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | athirst | athirst | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sore | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 called | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 called | cc |
| 8 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sore | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 LORD | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 LORD | det |
| 11 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 called | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 said | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 said | cc |
| 14 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sore | conj |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 given | punct |
| 16 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 19 given | punct |
| 17 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 19 given | nsubj |
| 18 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 given | aux |
| 19 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 said | ccomp |
| 20 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 deliverance | det |
| 21 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 deliverance | amod |
| 22 | deliverance | deliverance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 given | obj |
| 23 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 hand | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 hand | det |
| 25 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 given | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 servant | case |
| 27 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 servant | nmod:poss |
| 28 | servant | servant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 hand | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 die | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 die | cc |
| 31 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 34 die | advmod |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 die | aux |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 die | nsubj |
| 34 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 given | conj |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 thirst | case |
| 36 | thirst | thirst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 die | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 fall | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 fall | cc |
| 39 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 die | conj |
| 40 | into | into | ADP | _ | 42 hand | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 hand | det |
| 42 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 fall | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 uncircumcised | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 uncircumcised | det |
| 45 | uncircumcised | uncircumcised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 hand | nmod |
| 46 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 34 die | punct |
| 47 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 34 die | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- yes/no question
- act
- express
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- indirect
- yes
- teacher
- changed act=express
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Samson | athirst, sore property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | past | Samson not said here | on the LORD | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | Samson not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | give | present · perfect | Thou | this great deliverance | by the hand of Thy servant | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deliverance=Theme | |||
| 5 | die | shall | I | now | for thirst | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for thirst=Theme | |||
| 6 | fall | infinitive | I not said here | into the hand of the uncircumcised result | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hand=Result |
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
וַיִּצְמָא֮ מְאֹד֒ וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶל־יְהוָה֙ וַיֹּאמַ֔ר אַתָּה֙ נָתַ֣תָּ בְיַֽד־עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶת־הַתְּשׁוּעָ֥ה הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את וְעַתָּה֙ אָמ֣וּת בַּצָּמָ֔א וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י בְּיַ֥ד הָעֲרֵלִֽים׃
Judges 15:18: 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:465 of Mova's parse database.
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