--- title: Judges 6:25 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him: 'Ta… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him: 'Take thy father's bullock, and the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it; Who acts: altar, LORD, father, Asherah. 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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 (altar, LORD, father, Asherah), 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:183 # text = And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him: 'Take thy father's bullock, and the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the Asherah that is by it; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 19 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 's 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 amod _ _ 27 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 31 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 throw throw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 35 down down ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 41 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 43 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 47 down down ADP RP _ 46 compound:prt _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Asherah Asherah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 50 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 by by ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 acl:relcl _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | altar | | | | night | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | altar *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Gideon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | | thy father's bullock and the second bullock | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bullock=Theme | | 5 | **throw down** | infinitive | | the altar of Baal | | | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Theme | | 6 | **have** | present | thy father | the altar of Baal | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 7 | **cut down** | infinitive | | the Asherah | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset asherah=Product | | 8 | **is** | present | the Asherah | | | | | by altar | 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} וַיְהִי֮ בַּלַּ֣יְלָה הַהוּא֒ וַיֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ יְהוָ֗ה קַ֤ח אֶת־פַּר־הַשּׁוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֔יךָ וּפַ֥ר הַשֵּׁנִ֖י שֶׁ֣בַע שָׁנִ֑ים וְהָרַסְתָּ֗ אֶת־מִזְבַּ֤ח הַבַּ֙עַל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לְאָבִ֔יךָ וְאֶת־הָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָ֖יו תִּכְרֹֽת׃ [Judges 6:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:183` 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 6:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.182/) - next →: [Judges 6:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.184/) - ↑ back to [Judges 6:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.25/)