--- title: Judges 6:31 (JPS 1917) — And Joash said unto all that stood against him: 'Will ye contend for… · tree and pragmatics description: And Joash said unto all that stood against him: 'Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, shall be put to death before morning; if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.' Who acts: Joash, ye, one. 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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 (Joash, ye, one), 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:189 # text = And Joash said unto all that stood against him: 'Will ye contend for Baal? or will ye save him? he that will contend for him, shall be put to death before morning; if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one hath broken down his altar.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Joash Joash PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all PRON DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 against against ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 12 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 contend contend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Baal Baal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 18 or or CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 21 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 22 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 contend contend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 advcl _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 contend contend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 47 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 because because SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 one one PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 54 nsubj _ _ 53 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ _ 55 down down ADP RP _ 54 compound:prt _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: other - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Joash | | | | | unto all | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stand** | past | | | | | | against Joash | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent against he=Location | | 3 | **contend** | future | ye | | | | | for Baal | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **save** | future | ye | Joash | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 5 | **contend** | future | | | | | | for Joash | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **put** | shall · passive | | Joash | | | morning | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 7 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | Joash | a god | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | Joash | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **contend** | infinitive | Joash *not said here* | | | | | for Joash | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **break down** | present · perfect | one | Joash's altar | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent altar=Patient | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יוֹאָ֡שׁ לְכֹל֩ אֲשֶׁר־עָמְד֨וּ עָלָ֜יו הַאַתֶּ֣ם ׀ תְּרִיב֣וּן לַבַּ֗עַל אִם־אַתֶּם֙ תּוֹשִׁיע֣וּן אוֹת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָרִ֥יב ל֛וֹ יוּמַ֖ת עַד־הַבֹּ֑קֶר אִם־אֱלֹהִ֥ים הוּא֙ יָ֣רֶב ל֔וֹ כִּ֥י נָתַ֖ץ אֶֽת־מִזְבְּחֽוֹ׃ [Judges 6:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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