--- title: Judges 13:16 (JPS 1917) — And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah: 'Though thou detain me,… · tree and pragmatics description: And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah: 'Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD.' For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of the LORD. Who acts: angel, thou, I, Manoah. 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For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of the LORD. **Who acts:** angel, thou, I, Manoah, LORD · **What happens:** say, detain, not eat, make, burn, offer · **To what, where:** me, burnt offering, offering, angel · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 13:16 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (angel, thou, I, Manoah), 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:413 # text = And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah: 'Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD.' For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of the LORD. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 angel angel 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Manoah Manoah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 12 Though though SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 detain detain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 28 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 30 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 burnt burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ _ 34 offering offering NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 36 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 44 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 45 For for SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 Manoah Manoah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 49 that that SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 ccomp _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the angel of the LORD | | | | | unto Manoah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **detain** | present | thou | me | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **not** **eat** | future | I | | | | | of thy bread | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of bread=Source | | 4 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou | a burnt offering | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset offering=Product | | 5 | **burn** | participle | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **offer** | must | thou | offering | | | | unto the LORD | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **not** **know** | past | Manoah | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | LORD | the angel | | | | of the LORD | 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} וַיֹּאמֶר֩ מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהוָ֜ה אֶל־מָנ֗וֹחַ אִם־תַּעְצְרֵ֙נִי֙ לֹא־אֹכַ֣ל בְּלַחְמֶ֔ךָ וְאִם־תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה עֹלָ֔ה לַיהוָ֖ה תַּעֲלֶ֑נָּה כִּ֚י לֹא־יָדַ֣ע מָנ֔וֹחַ כִּֽי־מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהוָ֖ה הֽוּא׃ [Judges 13:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.13.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:413` 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 13:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.412/) - next →: [Judges 13:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.414/) - ↑ back to [Judges 13:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.13.16/)