--- title: Judges 7:2 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people that are with thee are to… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying: mine own hand hath saved me. Who acts: LORD, people, Me, Israel. 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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 (LORD, people, Me, Israel), 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:200 # text = And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people that are with thee are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hand, lest Israel vaunt themselves against Me, saying: mine own hand hath saved me. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Gideon Gideon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 too too ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Midianites midianite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 vaunt vaunt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 31 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 30 obj _ _ 32 against against ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 36 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 mine mine PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Gideon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the people | | | | | with thee | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | the people | | | | | many *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **give** | to-infinitive | Me | the Midianites | | people's hand | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent midianite=Theme | | 5 | **vaunt** | present | Israel | people | | | | against Me | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Israel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **save** | present · perfect | mine own hand | me | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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 יְהוָה֙ אֶל־גִּדְע֔וֹן רַ֗ב הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֔ךְ מִתִּתִּ֥י אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן בְּיָדָ֑ם פֶּן־יִתְפָּאֵ֨ר עָלַ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יָדִ֖י הוֹשִׁ֥יעָה לִּֽי׃ [Judges 7:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:200` 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 7:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.199/) - next →: [Judges 7:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.201/) - ↑ back to [Judges 7:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.2/)