Judges 16:28 · JPS 1917
And Samson called unto the LORD, and said: 'O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, O God, that I may be this once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.'
Who acts: Samson, I · What happens: call, say, remember, pray, strengthen, avenge · To what, where: me, Thee, I · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Judges 16:28 · 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, 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 | _ | 3 called | cc |
| 2 | Samson | Samson | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 called | nsubj |
| 3 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 6 LORD | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 LORD | det |
| 6 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 called | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 said | cc |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 called | conj |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 remember | punct |
| 11 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 remember | punct |
| 12 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 14 GOD | discourse |
| 13 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 GOD | compound |
| 14 | GOD | GOD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 remember | vocative |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 remember | punct |
| 16 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | ccomp |
| 17 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 remember | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 pray | punct |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 pray | nsubj |
| 20 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 remember | parataxis |
| 21 | Thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 20 pray | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 strengthen | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 strengthen | cc |
| 24 | strengthen | strengthen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 remember | conj |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 strengthen | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 pray | punct |
| 27 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 pray | nsubj |
| 28 | pray | pray | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 remember | conj |
| 29 | Thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 28 pray | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 this | punct |
| 31 | only | only | ADV | _ | 32 this | advmod |
| 32 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 once | advmod |
| 33 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 44 avenged | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 God | punct |
| 35 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 36 God | discourse |
| 36 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 this | vocative |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 avenged | punct |
| 38 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 44 avenged | mark |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 44 avenged | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 avenged | aux |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 avenged | aux:pass |
| 42 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 avenged | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 44 avenged | advmod |
| 44 | avenged | avenge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 pray | ccomp |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Philistines | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Philistines | det |
| 47 | Philistines | philistine | PROPN | Number=Plur | 44 avenged | obl |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 eyes | case |
| 49 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 50 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 51 eyes | nummod |
| 51 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 avenged | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
| 53 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 called | punct |
Pragmatics
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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | Samson | unto the LORD | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Samson not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | remember | infinitive | me | Lord GOD vocative | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pray | present | I | Thee | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | strengthen | infinitive | me | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient | |||||
| 6 | pray | present | I | Thee | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | avenge | may · passive | I | of the Philistines; for my two eyes; once property | 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
וַיִּקְרָ֥א שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֡ה זָכְרֵ֣נִי נָא֩ וְחַזְּקֵ֨נִי נָ֜א אַ֣ךְ הַפַּ֤עַם הַזֶּה֙ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְאִנָּקְמָ֧ה נְקַם־אַחַ֛ת מִשְּׁתֵ֥י עֵינַ֖י מִפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
Judges 16:28: 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:498 of Mova's parse database.
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