--- title: Judges 14:8 (JPS 1917) — And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to se… · tree and pragmatics description: And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. Who acts: Samson, swarm. 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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 (Samson, swarm), 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:432 # text = And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 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 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 14 aside aside ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 carcass carcass NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 behold behold INTJ UH _ 28 discourse _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 swarm swarm NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 honey honey NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | past | Samson | | | | while | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | Samson *not said here* | | woman | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 3 | **turn** | past | Samson | | | | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **see** | to-infinitive | Samson *not said here* | the carcass of the lion | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer carcass=Stimulus | | 5 | **be** | past | a swarm of bees in the body of the lion and honey | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «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} וַיָּ֤שָׁב מִיָּמִים֙ לְקַחְתָּ֔הּ וַיָּ֣סַר לִרְא֔וֹת אֵ֖ת מַפֶּ֣לֶת הָאַרְיֵ֑ה וְהִנֵּ֨ה עֲדַ֧ת דְּבוֹרִ֛ים בִּגְוִיַּ֥ת הָאַרְיֵ֖ה וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ [Judges 14:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.14.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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