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title: Judges 8:15 (JPS 1917) — And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zal… · tree and pragmatics
description: And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?' Who acts: Gideon, ye, we, men. Judges 8:15 in JPS 1917 with its dependency
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# Judges 8:15 · JPS 1917

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And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?'

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**Who acts:** Gideon, ye, we, men · **What happens:** come, say, taunt, be, give · **To what, where:** Zebah, me, hands, power, bread · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Judges 8:15 · 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 (Gideon, ye, we, men), 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:239
# text = And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Succoth	Succoth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	_
14	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	_
15	Zebah	Zebah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	Zalmunna	Zalmunna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	concerning	concern	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	23	obl	_	_
21	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	23	nsubj	_	_
22	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	taunt	taunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl:relcl	_	_
24	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	saying	say	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	advcl	_	_
27	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
28	Are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	ccomp	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Zebah	Zebah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	Zalmunna	Zalmunna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
35	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	38	advmod	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
41	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	advcl	_	_
44	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
45	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	47	nmod:poss	_	_
47	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	_
48	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
49	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	50	cop	_	_
50	weary	weary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	acl:relcl	_	_
51	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
52	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: yes/no question
- act: other
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed act=other

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Gideon |  |  |  |  | unto the men of Succoth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gideon *not said here* | Zebah and Zalmunna |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent zebah=Topic |
| 3 | **taunt** | past · do-support | ye | me |  |  |  | concern Zebah and Zalmunna | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | ye *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | the hands |  | thy power |  | of Zebah and Zalmunna | tree rules |
| 6 | **give** | should | we | bread |  |  |  | unto thy men | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |
| 7 | **is** | present | thy men |  |  |  |  | weary *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י סֻכּ֔וֹת וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֖ה זֶ֣בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֑ע אֲשֶׁר֩ חֵרַפְתֶּ֨ם אוֹתִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר הֲ֠כַף זֶ֣בַח וְצַלְמֻנָּ֤ע עַתָּה֙ בְּיָדֶ֔ךָ כִּ֥י נִתֵּ֛ן לַאֲנָשֶׁ֥יךָ הַיְּעֵפִ֖ים לָֽחֶם׃

[Judges 8:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.15/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:239` of Mova's parse database.

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