--- title: Judges 4:9 (JPS 1917) — And she said: 'I will surely go with thee; notwithstanding the journ… · tree and pragmatics description: And she said: 'I will surely go with thee; notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thy honour; for the LORD will give Sisera over into the hand of a woman.' And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. Who acts: Barak, I, thou, journey. 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And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. **Who acts:** Barak, I, thou, journey, LORD, Deborah · **What happens:** say, go, take, not be, give over, arise · **To what, where:** journey, Sisera, hand, Kedesh · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 4:9 · 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 (Barak, I, thou, journey), 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:103 # text = And she said: 'I will surely go with thee; notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thy honour; for the LORD will give Sisera over into the hand of a woman.' And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 5 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 surely surely ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 13 notwithstanding notwithstand SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 18 takest take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 31 Sisera Sisera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 over over ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 Deborah Deborah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Barak Barak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Kedesh Kedesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Barak | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | future | I | | | | | with thee; surely *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with thou=Beneficiary | | 3 | **take** | present | thou | the journey | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **not** **is** | shall | the journey | | | | | for thy honour | tree rules | | 5 | **give over** | future | the LORD | Sisera | | the hand of a woman | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sisera=Theme | | 6 | **arise** | past | Deborah | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | past | Deborah *not said here* | | | Kedesh | | with Barak | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kedesh=Initial\_Location | 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} וַתֹּ֜אמֶר הָלֹ֧ךְ אֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֗ךְ אֶ֚פֶס כִּי֩ לֹ֨א תִֽהְיֶ֜ה תִּֽפְאַרְתְּךָ֗ עַל־הַדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אַתָּ֣ה הוֹלֵ֔ךְ כִּ֣י בְֽיַד־אִשָּׁ֔ה יִמְכֹּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־סִֽיסְרָ֑א וַתָּ֧קָם דְּבוֹרָ֛ה וַתֵּ֥לֶךעִם־בָּרָ֖ק קֶֽדְשָׁה׃ [Judges 4:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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