--- title: Judges 11:17 (JPS 1917) — then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying: Let me, I… · tree and pragmatics description: then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying: Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. Who acts: Israel, I, me, king. 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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 (Israel, I, me, king), 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:353 # text = then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying: Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 messengers messenger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Edom Edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 12 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 18 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 21 through through ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Edom Edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 hearkened hearken VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Israel | messengers | | | then | unto the king of Edom | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Israel *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass** | infinitive | me | | | thy land | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through land=Location | | 6 | **not** **hearken** | past | the king of Edom | | | | | | 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} וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מַלְאָכִ֣ים ׀ אֶל־מֶלֶךְ֩ אֱד֨וֹם ׀ לֵאמֹ֜ר אֶעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ וְלֹ֤א שָׁמַע֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֔וֹם וְגַ֨ם אֶל־מֶ֧לֶךְ מוֹאָ֛ב שָׁלַ֖ח וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֑ה וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בְּקָדֵֽשׁ׃ [Judges 11:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.17/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. **then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying: Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not.** 2. [And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not; and Israel abode in Kadesh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.354/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:353` 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 11:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.352/) - next →: [Judges 11:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.354/) - ↑ back to [Judges 11:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.17/)