--- title: Judges 7:6 (JPS 1917) — And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mout… · tree and pragmatics description: And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. Who acts: number, rest. 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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 (number, rest), 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:204 # text = And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men; but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lapped lap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 compound _ _ 18 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 29 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 35 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lap** | past | the number of people | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **put** | gerund | the number of people *not said here* | people's hand | | | | to people's mouth | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent hand=Goal | | 3 | **is a** | past | the number of people | hundred men | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **bow down** | past | all rest of the people | | | people's knees | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon knee=Location | | 5 | **drink** | to-infinitive | all rest of the people *not said here* | water | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=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} וַיְהִ֗י מִסְפַּ֞ר הַֽמֲלַקְקִ֤ים בְּיָדָם֙ אֶל־פִּיהֶ֔ם שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וְכֹל֙ יֶ֣תֶר הָעָ֔ם כָּרְע֥וּ עַל־בִּרְכֵיהֶ֖ם לִשְׁתּ֥וֹת מָֽיִם׃ס [Judges 7:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:204` 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 7:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.203/) - next →: [Judges 7:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.205/) - ↑ back to [Judges 7:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.6/)