--- title: Judges 8:24 (JPS 1917) — And Gideon said unto them: 'I would make a request of you, that ye w… · tree and pragmatics description: And Gideon said unto them: 'I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.' — For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites. Who acts: Gideon, I, ye, men. 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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 (Gideon, I, ye, 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:248 # text = And Gideon said unto them: 'I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.' — For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Gideon Gideon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 request request NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 32 — - PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 33 For for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 39 rings ring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 because because SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 Ishmaelites Ishmaelite PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 35 advcl _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Gideon | | | | | unto men *= man* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **make** | would | I | a request of you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | would | ye | every man | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient ring=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | men *= man* | golden ear rings | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | men *= man* | Ishmaelites | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **request** | | | you | | | | | nom request «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **spoil** | | Gideon | | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: poss=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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֜ם גִּדְע֗וֹן אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה מִכֶּם֙ שְׁאֵלָ֔ה וּתְנוּ־לִ֕י אִ֖ישׁ נֶ֣זֶם שְׁלָל֑וֹ כִּֽי־נִזְמֵ֤י זָהָב֙ לָהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים הֵֽם׃ [Judges 8:24: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.24/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:248` 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 8:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.247/) - next →: [Judges 8:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.249/) - ↑ back to [Judges 8:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.8.24/)