--- title: Judges 4:22 (JPS 1917) — And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him: 'Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest.' And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples. Who acts: Barak, Jael, I, thou. 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And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples. **Who acts:** Barak, Jael, I, thou, Sisera, tent pin · **What happens:** pursue, come out, meet, say, come, show · **To what, where:** Sisera, man, thee, temples · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 4:22 · 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, Jael, I, thou), 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:116 # text = And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him: 'Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest.' And he came unto her; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 Barak Barak PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 8 Sisera Sisera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 10 Jael Jael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 out out ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 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 11 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 : _ 23 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 iobj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 seekest seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ 37 And and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 behold behold INTJ UH _ 48 discourse _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 Sisera Sisera PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 49 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 53 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 compound _ _ 54 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 53 punct _ _ 55 pin pin NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 56 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 temples temple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: other - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pursue** | past | Barak | Sisera | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sisera=Theme | | 2 | **come out** | past | Jael | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Jael *not said here* | Sisera | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jael *not said here* | | | | | unto Sisera | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **show** | future | I | the man | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient man=Topic | | 7 | **seek** | present | thou | the man | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 8 | **come** | past | Sisera | | | | | unto Jael | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **lie** | past | Sisera | | | | | dead *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is** | past | the tent pin | | | Sisera's temples | | | 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} וְהִנֵּ֣ה בָרָק֮ רֹדֵ֣ף אֶת־סִֽיסְרָא֒ וַתֵּצֵ֤א יָעֵל֙ לִקְרָאת֔וֹ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ לֵ֣ךְ וְאַרְאֶ֔ךָּ אֶת־הָאִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה מְבַקֵּ֑שׁ וַיָּבֹ֣א אֵלֶ֔יהָ וְהִנֵּ֤ה סִֽיסְרָא֙ נֹפֵ֣ל מֵ֔ת וְהַיָּתֵ֖ד בְּרַקָּתֽוֹ׃ [Judges 4:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.4.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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