--- title: Judges 14:15 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife: 'Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire; have ye called us hither to impoverish us?' Who acts: riddle, garments, Samson, we. 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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 (riddle, garments, Samson, we), 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:440 # text = And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife: 'Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire; have ye called us hither to impoverish us?' 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 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 seventh seventh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 's 's PART POS _ 15 case _ _ 17 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ _ 20 Entice entice VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 21 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 declare declare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 28 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 burn burn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 36 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 obj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 's 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 47 nsubj _ _ 47 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 48 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 hither hither ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 impoverish impoverish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 52 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 ? ? PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=request | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | riddle | | | | day | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | riddle *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | garments *= garment* | | | | | unto Samson's wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **entice** | infinitive | | thy husband | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus husband=Experiencer | | 5 | **declare** *speech: other* | may | Samson | the riddle | | | | unto us | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent riddle=Attribute | | 6 | **burn** | present | we | thee | | | | with fire | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent thou=Patient with fire=Instrument | | 7 | **call** | present · perfect | ye | | us | | | hither *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent we=Recipient | | 8 | **impoverish** | to-infinitive | ye *not said here* | us | | | | | 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} וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ לְאֵֽשֶׁת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ פַּתִּ֣י אֶת־אִישֵׁ֗ךְ וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔ה פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ף אוֹתָ֛ךְ וְאֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָבִ֖יךְ בָּאֵ֑שׁ הַלְיָרְשֵׁ֕נוּ קְרָאתֶ֥ם לָ֖נוּ הֲלֹֽא׃ [Judges 14:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.14.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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