--- title: Judges 9:7 (JPS 1917) — And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mou… · tree and pragmatics description: And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them: 'Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. Who acts: men, Abimelech, God. 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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 (men, Abimelech, God), 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:267 # text = And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them: 'Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Jotham Jotham PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 Gerizim Gerizim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 lifted lift VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 31 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 : : PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Hearken hearken VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 36 unto unto ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nmod _ _ 40 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 vocative _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Shechem Shechem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 10 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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | men *= man* | pillar | Jotham | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to jotham=Recipient | | 2 | **go** | past | Abimelech | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past | Abimelech *not said here* | | | the top of mount | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in top=Location | | 4 | **lift up** | past | Abimelech *not said here* | Abimelech's voice | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Theme | | 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | Abimelech *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Abimelech *not said here* | | | | | unto men *= man* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **hearken** | infinitive | | | | | | unto me; men ye of Shechem *vocative* | tree rules | | 8 | **hearken** | may | God | | | | | unto you | 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} וַיַּגִּ֣דוּ לְיוֹתָ֗ם וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ בְּרֹ֣אשׁ הַר־גְּרִזִ֔ים וַיִּשָּׂ֥א קוֹל֖וֹ וַיִּקְרָ֑א וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֗ם שִׁמְע֤וּ אֵלַי֙ בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֔ם וְיִשְׁמַ֥ע אֲלֵיכֶ֖ם אֱלֹהִֽים׃ [Judges 9:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:267` 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 9:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.266/) - next →: [Judges 9:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.268/) - ↑ back to [Judges 9:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.7/)