--- title: Judges 12:3 (JPS 1917) — And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and p… · tree and pragmatics description: And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand; wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?' Who acts: I, ye, 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, ye, 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:383 # text = And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand; wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 7 saved save VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 over over ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 against against ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Ammon Ammon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 38 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 41 advmod _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 41 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 parataxis _ _ 42 up up ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 46 det _ _ 46 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 50 against against ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 53 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed form=q, act=ask, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **not** **save** | past | ye | me | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **put** | past | I | my life | | my hand | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent life=Theme in hand=Destination | | 4 | **pass over** | past | I *not said here* | | | | | against the children of Ammon | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against child=Location | | 5 | **deliver** | past | the LORD | children *= child* | | my hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 6 | **come up** | present · passive | ye | | | | then; day | unto me; wherefore *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **fight** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | | | | | against me | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} וָֽאֶרְאֶ֞ה כִּֽי־אֵינְךָ֣ מוֹשִׁ֗יעוָאָשִׂ֨ימָה נַפְשִׁ֤י בְכַפִּי֙ וָֽאֶעְבְּרָה֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָדִ֑י וְלָמָ֞ה עֲלִיתֶ֥ם אֵלַ֛י הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּ֖ה לְהִלָּ֥חֶם בִּֽי׃ [Judges 12:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.12.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:383` 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 12:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.382/) - next →: [Judges 12:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.384/) - ↑ back to [Judges 12:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.12.3/)