--- title: Judges 4:11 (JPS 1917) — Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from… · tree and pragmatics description: Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as Elon-bezaanannim, which is by Kedesh. Who acts: Heber, Elon bezaanannim. 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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 (Heber, Elon bezaanannim), 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:105 # text = Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as Elon-bezaanannim, which is by Kedesh. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 Heber Heber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Kenite Kenite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 severed sever VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 6 obj _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Kenites Kenites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Hobab Hobab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 appos _ _ 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 23 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Moses Moses PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 pitched pitch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 Elon Elon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 37 bezaanannim bezaanannim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Kedesh Kedesh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 acl:relcl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sever** | past · perfect | Heber | Heber | | the Kenites | now | from the children of Hobab | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme from kenites=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **pitch** | past · perfect | Heber *not said here* | Heber's tent | | | | far *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | Elon bezaanannim | | | | | by Kedesh | 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 {#hebrew} וְחֶ֤בֶר הַקֵּינִי֙ נִפְרָ֣ד מִקַּ֔יִן מִבְּנֵ֥י חֹבָ֖ב חֹתֵ֣ן מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֵּ֣ט אָהֳל֔וֹ עַד־אֵל֥וֹן בְּצַעֲנַנִּ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶת־קֶֽדֶשׁ׃ [Judges 4:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:105` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Judges 4:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.104/) - next →: [Judges 4:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.106/) - ↑ back to [Judges 4:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.11/)