--- title: Judges 11:31 (JPS 1917) — then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my ho… · tree and pragmatics description: then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.' Who acts: whatsoever, I, hand. 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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 (whatsoever, I, hand), 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:369 # text = then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.' 1 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 forth forth ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 36 'S 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 amod _ _ 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ _ 48 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present | whatsoever | | | | | of the doors of my house; forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of door=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **meet** | to-infinitive | whatsoever *not said here* | me | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Co-Agent | | 3 | **return** | present | I | | | peace | | from the children of Ammon | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from child=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **is** | shall | hand | | | | | 's the LORD | tree rules | | 5 | **offer up** | future | I | hand | | | | for a burnt offering *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent it=Theme for offering=Goal | | 6 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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} וְהָיָ֣ה הַיּוֹצֵ֗א אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵצֵ֜א מִדַּלְתֵ֤י בֵיתִי֙ לִקְרָאתִ֔י בְּשׁוּבִ֥י בְשָׁל֖וֹם מִבְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְהָיָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְהַעֲלִיתִ֖הוּ עוֹלָֽה׃פ [Judges 11:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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