--- title: Judges 6:4 (JPS 1917) — and they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the ear… · tree and pragmatics description: and they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. Who acts: children, thou. 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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 (children, 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:162 # text = and they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 encamped encamp VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 against against ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 destroyed destroy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 produce produce NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 till till SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 nsubj _ _ 17 come come VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Gaza Gaza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 sustenance sustenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 29 cc:preconj _ _ 29 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 32 cc _ _ 32 ox ox NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 35 cc _ _ 35 ass ass NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **encamp** | past | children *= child* | | | | | against Midianites *= midianite* | tree rules | | 2 | **destroy** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | the produce of the earth | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent produce=Patient | | 3 | **come** | present | thou | | | | | unto Gaza | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past | children *= child* *not said here* | no sustenance sheep nor ox nor ass | | Israel | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sustenance=Theme in israel=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} וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ עֲלֵיהֶ֗ם וַיַּשְׁחִ֙יתוּ֙ אֶת־יְב֣וּל הָאָ֔רֶץ עַד־בּוֹאֲךָ֖ עַזָּ֑ה וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁאִ֤ירוּ מִֽחְיָה֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְשֶׂ֥ה וָשׁ֖וֹר וַחֲמֽוֹר׃ [Judges 6:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:162` 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 6:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.161/) - next →: [Judges 6:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.163/) - ↑ back to [Judges 6:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.4/)