--- title: Judges 16:10 (JPS 1917) — And Delilah said unto Samson: 'Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told… · tree and pragmatics description: And Delilah said unto Samson: 'Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.' Who acts: Delilah, thou, 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 (Delilah, thou, 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:479 # text = And Delilah said unto Samson: 'Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Delilah Delilah 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 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 8 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 11 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 mocked mock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 lies lie NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 21 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 iobj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 26 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 29 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 30 mightest might AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 bound bind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Delilah | | | | | unto Samson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mock** | present · perfect | thou | me | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | thou *not said here* | lies | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient lie=Topic | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | thou *not said here* | | me | | now | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bind** | might · passive | | thou | | | | wherewith *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | 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} וַתֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הִנֵּה֙ הֵתַ֣לְתָּ בִּ֔י וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֖י כְּזָבִ֑ים עַתָּה֙ הַגִּֽידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה תֵּאָסֵֽר׃ [Judges 16:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:479` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Judges 16:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.478/) - next →: [Judges 16:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.480/) - ↑ back to [Judges 16:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.10/)