--- title: Judges 7:4 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people are yet too many; bring t… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there; and it shall be, that of whom I say to thee: This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee: This shall not go with thee, the same --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.202/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Judges](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/) / [chapter 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG/7/) / [7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.4/) / JPS 1 # Judges 7:4 · JPS 1917 And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there; and it shall be, that of whom I say to thee: This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee: This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.' **Who acts:** LORD, people, I, This, same · **What happens:** say, be, bring down, try, go, not go · **To what, where:** people, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 7:4 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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, I, This), 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:202 # text = And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there; and it shall be, that of whom I say to thee: This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee: This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.' 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 : _ 14 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 11 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 yet yet ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 too too ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 parataxis _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 down down ADV RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 unto unto ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obl _ _ 30 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 conj _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 nsubj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 obl _ _ 44 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 45 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 nsubj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 nsubj _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 conj _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 54 obl _ _ 57 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 whomsoever whomsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 69 obl _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ _ 63 unto unto ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 62 obl _ _ 65 : : PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 66 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 69 nsubj _ _ 67 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 69 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 69 obl _ _ 72 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 nsubj _ _ 75 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 77 aux _ _ 76 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 77 advmod _ _ 77 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 conj _ _ 78 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 79 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - 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 | the LORD | | | | | unto Gideon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | the people | | | | yet | many *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **bring down** | infinitive | | people | | | | unto the water | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 4 | **try** | future | I | people | | there | | for thee | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for thou=Attribute | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | thee | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to thou=Recipient | | 6 | **go** | shall | This | | | | | with thee | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with thou=Beneficiary | | 7 | **go** | shall | the same | | | | | with thee | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with thou=Beneficiary | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | unto thee | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **not** **go** | shall | This | | | | | of whomsoever; with thee | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of whomsoever=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **not** **go** | shall | the same | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־גִּדְע֗וֹן עוֹד֮ הָעָ֣ם רָב֒ הוֹרֵ֤ד אוֹתָם֙ אֶל־הַמַּ֔יִם וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ לְךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם וְהָיָ֡ה אֲשֶׁר֩ אֹמַ֨ר אֵלֶ֜יךָ זֶ֣ה ׀ יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֗ךְ ה֚וּא יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֔ךְ וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־אֹמַ֜ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ זֶ֚ה לֹא־יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔ךְ ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵלֵֽךְ׃ [Judges 7:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:202` 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 7:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.201/) - next →: [Judges 7:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.203/) - ↑ back to [Judges 7:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.4/)