--- title: Judges 16:5 (JPS 1917) — And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her… · tree and pragmatics description: And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her: 'Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.' 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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 (lords, great strength, 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:472 # text = And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her: 'Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Philistines Philistines PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Entice entice VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 23 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 lieth lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 32 det _ _ 32 means means NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 35 obl _ _ 33 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 36 against against ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 bind bind VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 advcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 afflict afflict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 52 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 iobj _ _ 53 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nmod _ _ 57 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 compound _ _ 58 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 59 nummod _ _ 59 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 nmod:unmarked _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 62 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 63 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=suggest | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | past | the lords of the Philistines | | | | | unto Delilah | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the lords of the Philistines *not said here* | | | | | unto Delilah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **entice** | infinitive | | Gaza | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 4 | **see** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **lie** | present | Gaza's great strength | | | | | wherein *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **prevail** | may | we | | | | | by what means; against Gaza | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by means=Location | | 7 | **bind** | may | we | Gaza | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **afflict** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | Gaza | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 9 | **give** | future | we | every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver | thee | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient one=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} וַיַּעֲל֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יהָ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ לָ֜הּ פַּתִּ֣י אוֹת֗וֹ וּרְאִי֙ בַּמֶּה֙ כֹּח֣וֹ גָד֔וֹל וּבַמֶּה֙ נ֣וּכַל ל֔וֹ וַאֲסַרְנֻ֖הוּ לְעַנֹּת֑וֹ וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ נִתַּן־לָ֔ךְ אִ֕ישׁ אֶ֥לֶף וּמֵאָ֖ה כָּֽסֶף׃ [Judges 16:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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