--- title: Judges 5:4 (JPS 1917) — LORD, when Thou didst go forth out of Seir, when Thou didst march ou… · tree and pragmatics description: LORD, when Thou didst go forth out of Seir, when Thou didst march out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water. Who acts: Thou, earth, heavens, clouds. 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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 (Thou, earth, heavens, clouds), 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:122 # text = LORD, when Thou didst go forth out of Seir, when Thou didst march out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, yea, the clouds dropped water. 1 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 vocative _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 4 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nsubj _ _ 5 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 7 forth forth ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Seir Seir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 13 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 14 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 march march VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 16 out out ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Edom Edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 trembled tremble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 29 also also ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 yea yea INTJ UH _ 36 discourse _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 clouds cloud NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past · do-support | Thou | | | Seir | | LORD *vocative*; forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out seir=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **march** | past · do-support | Thou | | | the field of Edom | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out field=Trajectory | | 3 | **tremble** | past | the earth | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **drop** | past | the heavens | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **drop** | past | the clouds | water | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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 {#hebrew} יְהוָ֗ה בְּצֵאתְךָ֤ מִשֵּׂעִיר֙ בְּצַעְדְּךָ֙ מִשְּׂדֵ֣ה אֱד֔וֹם אֶ֣רֶץ רָעָ֔שָׁה גַּם־שָׁמַ֖יִם נָטָ֑פוּ גַּם־עָבִ֖ים נָ֥טְפוּ מָֽיִם׃ [Judges 5:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.5.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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