--- title: Judges 11:27 (JPS 1917) — I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to… · tree and pragmatics description: I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me; the LORD, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.' Who acts: I, thou, LORD. 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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 (I, thou, LORD), 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:365 # text = I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me; the LORD, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.' 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 sinned sin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 against against ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 doest do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 war war VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 16 against against ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Judge Judge PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 appos _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 cop _ _ 26 judge judge NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 27 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl:unmarked _ _ 29 between between ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **sin** | present · perfect | I | | | | | against thee; therefore *property* | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against thou=Maleficiary | | 2 | **do** | present | thou | me | | | | wrong *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Eventuality | | 3 | **war** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | against me | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | infinitive | the LORD | judge | | | day | between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon | 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} וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ לֹֽא־חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔ךְ וְאַתָּ֞ה עֹשֶׂ֥ה אִתִּ֛י רָעָ֖ה לְהִלָּ֣חֶם בִּ֑י יִשְׁפֹּ֨ט יְהוָ֤ה הַשֹּׁפֵט֙ הַיּ֔וֹם בֵּ֚ין בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבֵ֖ין בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ [Judges 11:27: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.27/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:365` 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 11:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.364/) - next →: [Judges 11:28 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.366/) - ↑ back to [Judges 11:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.27/)