--- title: Judges 14:12 (JPS 1917) — And Samson said unto them: 'Let me now put forth a riddle unto you;… · tree and pragmatics description: And Samson said unto them: 'Let me now put forth a riddle unto you; if ye can declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment; Who acts: Samson, me, ye, 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 (Samson, me, ye, 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:436 # text = And Samson said unto them: 'Let me now put forth a riddle unto you; if ye can declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 forth forth ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 if if SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nsubj _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 24 within within ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 iobj _ _ 42 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 43 linen linen NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 47 changes change NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 raiment raiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samson | | | | | unto father | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | me | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | infinitive | me *not said here* | a riddle | | | now | unto you; forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent riddle=Goal | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* *a condition, not said to happen* | can | ye | riddle | me | | day | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent i=Theme it=Attribute | | 5 | **find out** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | feast | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 6 | **give** | future | I | thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment | you | | then | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient garment=Theme | | 7 | **change** | | raiment | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן אָחֽוּדָה־נָּ֥א לָכֶ֖ם חִידָ֑ה אִם־הַגֵּ֣ד תַּגִּידוּ֩ אוֹתָ֨הּ לִ֜י שִׁבְעַ֨ת יְמֵ֤י הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ וּמְצָאתֶ֔ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י לָכֶם֙ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים סְדִינִ֔ים וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים חֲלִפֹ֥ת בְּגָדִֽים׃ [Judges 14:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.14.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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