--- title: Judges 9:9 (JPS 1917) — But the olive-tree said unto them: Should I leave my fatness, seeing… · tree and pragmatics description: But the olive-tree said unto them: Should I leave my fatness, seeing that by me they honour God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees? Who acts: olive tree, I, trees. 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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 (olive tree, I, trees), 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:269 # text = But the olive-tree said unto them: Should I leave my fatness, seeing that by me they honour God and man, and go to hold sway over the trees? 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 olive olive NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 Should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 fatness fatness NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 honour honour VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 22 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 sway sway NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 over over ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed indirect=1, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the olive tree | | | | | unto men *= man* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **leave** | should | I | my fatness | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fatness=Theme | | 3 | **see** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **honour** | present | trees *= tree* | God and man | | | | by me | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | trees *= tree* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **hold** | to-infinitive | trees *= tree* *not said here* | sway | | the trees | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sway=Theme over tree=Location | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הַזַּ֔יִת הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ אֶת־דִּשְׁנִ֔י אֲשֶׁר־בִּ֛י יְכַבְּד֥וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים וַאֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָנ֖וּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִֽים׃ [Judges 9:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:269` 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 9:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.268/) - next →: [Judges 9:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.270/) - ↑ back to [Judges 9:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.9/)