--- title: Judges 6:28 (JPS 1917) — And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the… · tree and pragmatics description: And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. Who acts: men, 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 (men, 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:186 # text = And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 9 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 14 behold behold INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 22 down down ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Asherah Asherah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 29 down down ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 it it NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 acl:relcl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 38 amod _ _ 38 bullock bullock NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | the men of the city | | | | morning | early *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **break down** | past · passive | | the altar of Baal | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **cut down** | past · passive | | the Asherah | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 4 | **is** | past | the Asherah | | | | | by it | tree rules | | 5 | **offer** | past · passive | | the second bullock | | | | upon the altar | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **build** | past · passive | | the altar | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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} וַיַּשְׁכִּ֜ימוּ אַנְשֵׁ֤י הָעִיר֙ בַּבֹּ֔קֶר וְהִנֵּ֤ה נֻתַּץ֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח הַבַּ֔עַל וְהָאֲשֵׁרָ֥ה אֲשֶׁר־עָלָ֖יו כֹּרָ֑תָה וְאֵת֙ הַפָּ֣ר הַשֵּׁנִ֔י הֹֽעֲלָ֔ה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ הַבָּנֽוּי׃ [Judges 6:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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