--- title: Judges 10:15 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Israel said unto the LORD: 'We have sinned; do T… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Israel said unto the LORD: 'We have sinned; do Thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto Thee; only deliver us, we pray Thee, this day.' Who acts: children, We, whatsoever. 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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 (children, We, whatsoever), 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:332 # text = And the children of Israel said unto the LORD: 'We have sinned; do Thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto Thee; only deliver us, we pray Thee, this day.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 12 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 16 do do AUX VBP Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 17 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nsubj _ _ 18 unto unto ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 20 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 seemeth seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 obl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 only only ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 parataxis _ _ 28 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ _ 32 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ 37 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: request - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=request, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the children of Israel | | | | | unto the LORD | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **sin** | present · perfect | We | | | | | | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **seem** | present | whatsoever | | | | | good *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **deliver** | infinitive | | us | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 5 | **pray** | present | we | Thee | | | day | | 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} וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶל־יְהוָה֙ חָטָ֔אנוּ עֲשֵׂה־אַתָּ֣ה לָ֔נוּ כְּכָל־הַטּ֖וֹב בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ אַ֛ךְ הַצִּילֵ֥נוּ נָ֖א הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃ [Judges 10:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.10.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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