--- title: Judges 9:2 (JPS 1917) — 'Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem: Which is… · tree and pragmatics description: 'Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem: Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.' Who acts: you, I, sons. 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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 (you, I, sons), 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:262 # text = 'Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem: Which is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 2 Speak speak VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Shechem Shechem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 18 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 parataxis _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Jerubbaal Jerubbaal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 33 threescore threescore NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 36 nummod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 33 conj _ _ 36 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 acl:relcl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 rule rule VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 csubj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 det _ _ 44 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 46 over over ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ _ 48 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 49 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 50 also also ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 54 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 bone bone NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 ccomp _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 flesh flesh NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pray** | present | I | you | | the ears of all men of Shechem | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | for you; good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | present | all sons of Jerubbaal | threescore persons | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **rule** | present | all sons of Jerubbaal | | | | | over you | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **remember** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | present | I | your bone and your flesh | | | | | tree rules | 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} דַּבְּרוּ־נָ֞א בְּאָזְנֵ֨י כָל־בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶם֮ מַה־טּ֣וֹב לָכֶם֒ הַמְשֹׁ֨ל בָּכֶ֜ם שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֗ישׁ כֹּ֚ל בְּנֵ֣י יְרֻבַּ֔עַל אִם־מְשֹׁ֥ל בָּכֶ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ אֶחָ֑ד וּזְכַרְתֶּ֕ם כִּֽי־עַצְמֵכֶםוּבְשַׂרְכֶ֖ם אָנִֽי׃ [Judges 9:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:262` 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 9:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.261/) - next →: [Judges 9:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.263/) - ↑ back to [Judges 9:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.2/)