Judges 18:2 · JPS 1917
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them: 'Go, search the land'; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.
Who acts: children · What happens: send, spy out, search, say, go, come · To what, where: five men, Zorah, land, hill country · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Judges 18:2 · 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 (children), 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 | _ | 6 sent | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 children | det |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Dan | case |
| 5 | Dan | Dan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 children | nmod |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 family | nmod:poss |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| 10 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 men | nummod |
| 11 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sent | obj |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 number | case |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 number | nmod:poss |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 number | amod |
| 15 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 men | punct |
| 17 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 men | conj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 valour | case |
| 19 | valour | valour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 men | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Zorah | punct |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 Zorah | case |
| 22 | Zorah | Zorah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 men | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Eshtaol | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 Eshtaol | cc |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 Eshtaol | case |
| 26 | Eshtaol | Eshtaol | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Zorah | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 spy | punct |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 spy | mark |
| 29 | spy | spy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sent | advcl |
| 30 | out | out | ADP | _ | 29 spy | compound:prt |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 land | det |
| 32 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 spy | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 search | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 search | cc |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 search | mark |
| 36 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 spy | conj |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 search | obj |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 said | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 said | cc |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 said | nsubj |
| 41 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | conj |
| 42 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 43 them | case |
| 43 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 said | obl |
| 44 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 46 Go | punct |
| 45 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 Go | punct |
| 46 | Go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 said | ccomp |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 search | punct |
| 48 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 Go | conj |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 land | det |
| 50 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 search | obj |
| 51 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 Go | punct |
| 52 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 55 came | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 came | cc |
| 54 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 came | nsubj |
| 55 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | conj |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 60 country | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 country | det |
| 58 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 country | compound |
| 59 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 58 hill | punct |
| 60 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 came | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 Ephraim | case |
| 62 | Ephraim | Ephraim | PROPN | Number=Sing | 60 country | nmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 house | punct |
| 64 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 66 house | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 house | det |
| 66 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 came | obl |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 Micah | case |
| 68 | Micah | Micah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 house | nmod |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 lodged | punct |
| 70 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 71 lodged | cc |
| 71 | lodged | lodge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 came | conj |
| 72 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 71 lodged | advmod |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the children of Dan | five men and men of valour | Zorah and Eshtaol | of children's family; from children's whole number | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent man=Theme of family=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | spy out | to-infinitive | the children of Dan not said here | the land | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | search | to-infinitive | the children of Dan not said here | land | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Location | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | children = child | unto men = man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | go | infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | search | infinitive | the land | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Location | |||||
| 7 | come | past | children = child | the hill country of Ephraim | unto the house of Micah | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial_Location | |||
| 8 | lodge | past | children = child not said here | there | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ בְנֵי־דָ֣ן ׀ מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֣ים מִקְצוֹתָם֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵי־חַ֜יִל מִצָּרְעָ֣ה וּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗ל לְרַגֵּ֤ל אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם לְכ֖וּ חִקְר֣וּ אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ הַר־אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ שָֽׁם׃
Judges 18:2: 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:518 of Mova's parse database.
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