--- title: Judges 7:7 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'By the three hundred men that lapped… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place.' Who acts: LORD, hundred men, I, people. 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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, hundred men, I, people), 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:205 # text = And the LORD said unto Gideon: 'By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thy hand; and let all the people go every man unto his place.' 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 : _ 18 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 9 By by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 compound _ _ 12 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 lapped lap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Midianites Midianites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 33 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 35 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 36 det _ _ 36 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl:unmarked _ _ 37 unto unto ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 41 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=narrate, voice=narrator | # | 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **lap** | past | the hundred men | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **save** | future | I | you | | | | by the hundred men | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 4 | **deliver** | infinitive | I *not said here* | the Midianites | | thy hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent midianites=Patient | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | I *not said here* | all people | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | infinitive | all people *not said here* | every man | | | | unto LORD's place | 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 בִּשְׁלֹשׁ֩ מֵא֨וֹת הָאִ֤ישׁ הַֽמֲלַקְקִים֙ אוֹשִׁ֣יעַ אֶתְכֶ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֥י אֶת־מִדְיָ֖ן בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וְכָל־הָעָ֔ם יֵלְכ֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ לִמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ [Judges 7:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.7.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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