--- title: Judges 11:29 (JPS 1917) — Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over G… · tree and pragmatics description: Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. Who acts: spirit. 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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 (spirit), 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:367 # text = Then the spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 1 Then then ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 spirit spirit NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Jephthah Jephthah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 over over ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 Manasseh Manasseh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 21 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Mizpeh Mizpeh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Mizpeh Mizpeh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Gilead Gilead PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 33 over over ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 unto unto ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 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 | **come** | past | the spirit of the LORD | | | Jephthah | then | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon jephthah=Location | | 2 | **pass** | past | spirit | | | Gilead and Manasseh | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over gilead=Location | | 3 | **pass** | past | spirit *not said here* | | | Mizpeh of Gilead | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over mizpeh=Location | | 4 | **pass over** | past | spirit | | | Mizpeh of Gilead | | unto the children of Ammon | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mizpeh=Initial\_Location | 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} וַתְּהִ֤י עַל־יִפְתָּח֙ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר אֶת־הַגִּלְעָ֖ד וְאֶת־מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַֽיַּעֲבֹר֙ אֶת־מִצְפֵּ֣ה גִלְעָ֔ד וּמִמִּצְפֵּ֣ה גִלְעָ֔ד עָבַ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ [Judges 11:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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