--- title: Judges 7:5 (JPS 1917) — So he brought down the people unto the water; and the LORD said unto… · tree and pragmatics description: So he brought down the people unto the water; and the LORD said unto Gideon: 'Everyone that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.' Who acts: LORD, dog, thou, 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 (LORD, dog, thou, 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:203 # text = So he brought down the people unto the water; and the LORD said unto Gideon: 'Everyone that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink.' 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Gideon Gideon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 37 dep _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 lappeth lap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 lappeth lap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 35 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 37 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 38 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 37 obl _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 boweth bow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 acl:relcl _ _ 46 down down ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 advcl _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: disagree - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring down** | past | LORD | | the people | | | unto the water | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument people=Destination | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | unto Gideon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lap** | present | | | | | | of the water; with LORD's tongue | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lap** | present | a dog | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **set** | shall | thou | LORD | | | | by LORD | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent he=Theme one=Destination | | 6 | **bow down** | present | every one | | | LORD's knees | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon knee=Location | | 7 | **drink** | to-infinitive | every one *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיּ֥וֹרֶד אֶת־הָעָ֖ם אֶל־הַמָּ֑יִםס וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־גִּדְע֗וֹן כֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־יָלֹק֩ בִּלְשׁוֹנ֨וֹ מִן־הַמַּ֜יִם כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר יָלֹ֣ק הַכֶּ֗לֶב תַּצִּ֤יג אוֹתוֹ֙ לְבָ֔ד וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִכְרַ֥ע עַל־בִּרְכָּ֖יו לִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃ [Judges 7:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:203` 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 7:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.202/) - next →: [Judges 7:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.204/) - ↑ back to [Judges 7:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.5/)