--- title: Judges 4:6 (JPS 1917) — And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-napht… · tree and pragmatics description: And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him: 'Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, saying: Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? 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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 (Israel, LORD), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:JDG:100 # text = And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him: 'Hath not the LORD, the God of Israel, commanded, saying: Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 Barak Barak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Abinoam Abinoam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 Kedesh Kedesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 flat _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 15 naphtali naphtali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 23 Hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 appos _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 33 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 ccomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 40 toward toward ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 Tabor Tabor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 obl _ _ 48 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 49 nummod _ _ 49 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 Naphtali Naphtali PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 Zebulun Zebulun PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 ? ? PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Israel | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **call** | past | Israel *not said here* | | Barak | Kedesh naphtali | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent barak=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Israel *not said here* | | | | | unto naphtali | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **command** | present · perfect | the LORD | | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **draw** | infinitive | | | | | | toward mount Tabor | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **take** | infinitive | | | thousand men of the children of Naphtali and the children of Zebulun | | | with thee | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument man=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 {#hebrew} וַתִּשְׁלַ֗ח וַתִּקְרָא֙ לְבָרָ֣ק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹ֔עַם מִקֶּ֖דֶשׁ נַפְתָּלִ֑י וַתֹּ֨אמֶר אֵלָ֜יו הֲלֹ֥א צִוָּ֣ה ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֵ֤ךְ וּמָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙ בְּהַ֣ר תָּב֔וֹר וְלָקַחְתָּ֣ עִמְּךָ֗ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֔ישׁ מִבְּנֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִ֖י וּמִבְּנֵ֥י זְבֻלֽוּן׃ [Judges 4:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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