--- title: Judges 11:18 (JPS 1917) — Then he walked through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edo… · tree and pragmatics description: Then he walked through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they pitched on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. 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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, messengers, Arnon), 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:355 # text = Then he walked through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they pitched on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 wilderness wilderness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 compassed compass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Edom Edom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 east east ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 pitched pitch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Arnon Arnon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 48 within within ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nmod _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 for for SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 Arnon Arnon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 57 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 cop _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 border border NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 advcl _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | Israel | | | the wilderness | then | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wilderness=Trajectory | | 2 | **compass** | past | Israel *not said here* | the land of Edom and the land of Moab | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | past | Israel *not said here* | | | | | by the east side of the land of Moab | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by side=Location | | 4 | **pitch** | past | messengers *= messenger* | | | the other side of the Arnon | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on side=Destination | | 5 | **not** **come** | past | messengers *= messenger* | | | | | within the border of Moab | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | the Arnon | the border | | | | of Moab | 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} וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וַיָּ֜סָב אֶת־אֶ֤רֶץ אֱדוֹם֙ וְאֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב וַיָּבֹ֤א מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לְאֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּן בְּעֵ֣בֶר אַרְנ֑וֹן וְלֹא־בָ֙אוּ֙ בִּגְב֣וּל מוֹאָ֔ב כִּ֥י אַרְנ֖וֹן גְּב֥וּל מוֹאָֽב׃ [Judges 11:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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