--- title: Judges 6:21 (JPS 1917) — Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was i… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. 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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 (angel, staff, fire, LORD), 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:179 # text = Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there went up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 forth forth ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 unleavened unleavened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 31 expl _ _ 31 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 32 up up ADV RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 34 out out ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 consumed consume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 unleavened unleavened ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 conj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 54 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 54 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 55 out out ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | the angel of the LORD | the end of the staff | | | then | forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | | 2 | **is** | past | the staff | | | LORD's hand | | | tree rules | | 3 | **touch** | past | the angel of the LORD *not said here* | the flesh and the unleavened cakes | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme flesh=Co-Theme | | 4 | **go up** | past | fire | | | the rock; there | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **consume** | past | fire *not said here* | the flesh and the unleavened cakes | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flesh=Asset | | 6 | **depart** | past | the angel of the LORD | | | LORD's sight | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out sight=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **sight** | | LORD | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַ֞ח מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־קְצֵ֤ה הַמִּשְׁעֶ֙נֶת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיִּגַּ֥ע בַּבָּשָׂ֖ר וּבַמַּצּ֑וֹת וַתַּ֨עַל הָאֵ֜שׁ מִן־הַצּ֗וּר וַתֹּ֤אכַל אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר֙ וְאֶת־הַמַּצּ֔וֹת וּמַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֔ה הָלַ֖ךְ מֵעֵינָֽיו׃ [Judges 6:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:179` 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 6:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.178/) - next →: [Judges 6:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.180/) - ↑ back to [Judges 6:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.21/)