--- title: Judges 16:7 (JPS 1917) — And Samson said unto her: 'If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrin… · tree and pragmatics description: And Samson said unto her: 'If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.' Who acts: Samson, lords, 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, lords, 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:474 # text = And Samson said unto her: 'If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.' 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 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 8 If if SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 bind bind VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 14 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 bowstrings bowstring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 19 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 25 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 xcomp _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 cop _ _ 29 as as ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 32 det _ _ 31 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samson | | | | | unto strength | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bind** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | lords *= lord* | me | | | | with seven fresh bowstrings | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Patient with bowstring=Co-Patient | | 3 | **not** **dry** | past · passive | | seven fresh bowstrings | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | | 4 | **become** | shall | I | | | | then | weak *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | as any other man | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן אִם־יַאַסְרֻ֗נִי בְּשִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּוְחָלִ֥יתִי וְהָיִ֖יתִי כְּאַחַ֥ד הָאָדָֽם׃ [Judges 16:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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