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title: Judges 15:14 (JPS 1917) — When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him; and… · tree and pragmatics
description: When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him; and the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands. Who acts: Samson, Philistines, spirit, ropes. Judges 15:14 in J
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# Judges 15:14 · JPS 1917

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When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him; and the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.

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**Who acts:** Samson, Philistines, spirit, ropes, bands · **What happens:** come, shout, meet, be, become, burnt · **To what, where:** Samson, flax, hands

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This is Judges 15:14 · 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 (Samson, Philistines, spirit, ropes), 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:461
# text = When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him; and the spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands dropped from off his hands.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Lehi	Lehi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Philistines	philistine	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	shouted	shout	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
22	mightily	mightily	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	nsubj	_	_
29	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj	_	_
30	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
31	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	acl:relcl	_	_
34	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
35	as	as	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	flax	flax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
37	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj:pass	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux:pass	_	_
39	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	acl:relcl	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	bands	band	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	nsubj	_	_
46	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
47	from	from	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	off	off	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	_
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Samson |  |  |  |  | unto Lehi | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | the Philistines |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **meet** | past | Philistines *= philistine* | Samson |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **come** | past | the spirit of the LORD |  |  |  |  | upon Samson; mightily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |
| 5 | **is** | past | the ropes |  |  |  |  | upon Samson's arms | tree rules |
| 6 | **become** | past | the ropes |  |  |  |  | as flax | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **burnt** | past · passive |  | flax |  |  |  | with fire | tree rules |
| 8 | **drop** | past | Samson's bands |  |  | Samson's hands |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from hand=Trajectory |

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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}

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הוּא־בָ֣א עַד־לֶ֔חִי וּפִלְשִׁתִּ֖יםהֵרִ֣יעוּ לִקְרָאת֑וֹ וַתִּצְלַ֨ח עָלָ֜יו ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֗ה וַתִּהְיֶ֨ינָה הָעֲבֹתִ֜ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־זְרוֹעוֹתָ֗יו כַּפִּשְׁתִּים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּעֲר֣וּ בָאֵ֔שׁ וַיִּמַּ֥סּוּ אֱסוּרָ֖יו מֵעַ֥ל יָדָֽיו׃

[Judges 15:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.15.14/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:461` of Mova's parse database.

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