--- title: Judges 11:9 (JPS 1917) — And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back ho… · tree and pragmatics description: And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, I will be your head.' Who acts: Jephthah, ye, LORD, I. 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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 (Jephthah, ye, LORD, I), 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:345 # text = And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead: 'If ye bring me back home to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, I will be your head.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jephthah Jephthah 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 _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 elders elder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 10 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ _ 11 If if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 13 bring bring VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 back back ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 home home ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 deliver deliver VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 before before ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jephthah | | | | | unto the elders of Gilead | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **bring back** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ye | | me | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 3 | **fight** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | with the children of Ammon | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with child=Co-Agent | | 4 | **deliver** | present | the LORD | elders *= elder* | | | before me | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | future | I | your head | | | | | 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} וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִפְתָּ֜ח אֶל־זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֗ד אִם־מְשִׁיבִ֨ים אַתֶּ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ לְהִלָּחֵם֙ בִּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וְנָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אוֹתָ֖ם לְפָנָ֑י אָנֹכִ֕י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לְרֹֽאשׁ׃ [Judges 11:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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