--- title: Judges 11:35 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said: 'Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art become my troubler; for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.' Who acts: house, Jephthah, thou, I. 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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 (house, Jephthah, thou, I), 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:374 # text = And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said: 'Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art become my troubler; for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 rent rend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 14 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 20 : : PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 29 punct _ _ 22 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 vocative _ _ 26 ! ! PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 ccomp _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 very very ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 low low ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 38 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 troubler troubler NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 xcomp _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 56 back back ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | house | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | house *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | Jephthah | daughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **rend** | past | Jephthah | Jephthah's clothes | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Jephthah *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** | present · perfect | thou | | me | | | my daughter *vocative*; low *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 7 | **become** | present · passive | thou | my troubler | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **open** | present · perfect | I | my mouth | | | | unto the LORD | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme | | 9 | **not** **go back** | can | I | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | 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} וַיְהִי֩ כִרְאוֹת֨וֹ אוֹתָ֜הּ וַיִּקְרַ֣ע אֶת־בְּגָדָ֗יו וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֲהָ֤הּ בִּתִּי֙ הַכְרֵ֣עַ הִכְרַעְתִּ֔נִי וְאַ֖תְּ הָיִ֣יתְבְּעֹֽכְרָ֑י וְאָנֹכִ֗י פָּצִ֤יתִי־פִי֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָשֽׁוּב׃ [Judges 11:35: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.11.35/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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