--- title: Judges 11:21 (JPS 1917) — And the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people… · tree and pragmatics description: And the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them; so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. Who acts: LORD, people, Israel. 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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 (LORD, people, Israel), 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:358 # text = And the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them; so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 Sihon Sihon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 smote smite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 possessed possess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 30 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 32 det:predet _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Amorites Amorites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 appos _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | past | the LORD | Sihon and Israel's people | | the hand of Israel | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sihon=Patient | | 2 | **smite** | past | people | messengers *= messenger* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 3 | **possess** | past | Israel | all land of the Amorites | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | 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} וַ֠יִּתֵּן יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־סִיח֧וֹן וְאֶת־כָּל־עַמּ֛וֹ בְּיַ֥ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיַּכּ֑וּם וַיִּירַשׁ֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֚ת כָּל־אֶ֣רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י יוֹשֵׁ֖ב הָאָ֥רֶץ הַהִֽיא׃ [Judges 11:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:358` 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 11:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.357/) - next →: [Judges 11:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.359/) - ↑ back to [Judges 11:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.21/)