--- title: Judges 6:39 (JPS 1917) — And Gideon said unto God: 'Let not Thine anger be kindled against me… · tree and pragmatics description: And Gideon said unto God: 'Let not Thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray Thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.' Who acts: Gideon, anger, I, me. 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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 (Gideon, anger, I, me), 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:197 # text = And Gideon said unto God: 'Let not Thine anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once: let me make trial, I pray Thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Gideon Gideon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 10 Thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 kindled kindle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 xcomp _ _ 14 against against ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 21 but but ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 22 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 det _ _ 23 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 20 advmod _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 32 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 but but ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 27 advmod _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 fleece fleece NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 41 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 45 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 46 only only ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 fleece fleece NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 52 upon upon ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 56 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 57 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 56 expl _ _ 58 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 56 xcomp _ _ 59 dew dew NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 60 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gideon | | | | | unto God | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **let** | infinitive | | Thine anger | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **kindle** | infinitive · passive | Thine anger *not said here* | | | | | against me | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | future | I | | | | | once *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | infinitive | me *not said here* | trial | | | | with the fleece; once *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trial=Product | | 7 | **pray** | present | I | Thee | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **let** | infinitive | | fleece | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 9 | **is** | infinitive | fleece *not said here* | | | | now | upon the fleece; dry *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **let** | infinitive | | | | there | | upon all ground | tree rules | | 11 | **be** | infinitive | dew | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **anger** | | Thine | | | | | | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר גִּדְעוֹן֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־יִ֤חַר אַפְּךָ֙ בִּ֔י וַאֲדַבְּרָ֖ה אַ֣ךְ הַפָּ֑עַם אֲנַסֶּ֤ה נָּא־רַק־הַפַּ֙עַם֙ בַּגִּזָּ֔ה יְהִי־נָ֨א חֹ֤רֶב אֶל־הַגִּזָּה֙ לְבַדָּ֔הּ וְעַל־כָּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ יִֽהְיֶה־טָּֽל׃ [Judges 6:39: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.39/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:197` 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 6:38 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.196/) - next →: [Judges 6:40 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.198/) - ↑ back to [Judges 6:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.6.39/)