--- title: Judges 14:16 (JPS 1917) — And Samson's wife wept before him, and said: 'Thou dost but hate me,… · tree and pragmatics description: And Samson's wife wept before him, and said: 'Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and wilt thou not tell it me?' And he said unto her: 'Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?' 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And he said unto her: 'Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?' **Who acts:** wife, thou, Samson, I · **What happens:** weep, say, hate, not love, put, not tell · **To what, where:** me, riddle, father, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 14:16 · 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 (wife, thou, Samson, 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:441 # text = And Samson's wife wept before him, and said: 'Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not; thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and wilt thou not tell it me?' And he said unto her: 'Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ _ 13 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 14 dost do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 but but ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 hate hate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 lovest love VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nsubj _ _ 25 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 27 forth forth ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 riddle riddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 unto unto ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nsubj _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 46 And and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 49 unto unto ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 : : PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 52 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ _ 53 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 58 discourse _ _ 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 56 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 58 advmod _ _ 58 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 48 ccomp _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obj _ _ 60 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 iobj _ _ 62 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 64 cc _ _ 63 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 conj _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 67 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 70 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 69 iobj _ _ 71 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 72 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=ask, indirect=0 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | Samson's wife | | | | before Samson | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samson's wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **hate** | present · do-support | | me | | | | but *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **love** | present | | me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **put** | present · perfect | thou | a riddle | | | | unto the children of my people; forth *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent riddle=Goal | | 6 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | future | thou | me | riddle | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient i=Topic | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samson | | | | | unto wife | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | I | riddle | my father nor my mother | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent father=Recipient it=Topic | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | shall | I | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient | 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} וַתֵּבְךְּ֩ אֵ֨שֶׁת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן עָלָ֗יו וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ רַק־שְׂנֵאתַ֙נִי֙ וְלֹ֣א אֲהַבְתָּ֔נִי הַֽחִידָ֥ה חַ֙דְתָּ֙ לִבְנֵ֣י עַמִּ֔י וְלִ֖י לֹ֣א הִגַּ֑דְתָּה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָ֗הּ הִנֵּ֨ה לְאָבִ֧י וּלְאִמִּ֛י לֹ֥א הִגַּ֖דְתִּי וְלָ֥ךְ אַגִּֽיד׃ [Judges 14:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.14.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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