--- title: Judges 16:11 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto her: 'If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto her: 'If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.' Who acts: man, lies, 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 (man, lies, 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:480 # text = And he said unto her: 'If they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as any other man.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 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 : _ 3 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 8 If if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 bind bind VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 ropes rope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 wherewith wherewith ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 obl _ _ 17 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 18 det _ _ 18 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 27 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 33 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | unto Samson | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **bind** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | lies *= lie* | me | | | | with new ropes | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Patient with rope=Co-Patient | | 3 | **do** | present · perfect · passive | | no work | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֔יהָ אִם־אָס֤וֹר יַאַסְר֙וּנִי֙ בַּעֲבֹתִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־נַעֲשָׂ֥ה בָהֶ֖ם מְלָאכָ֑ה וְחָלִ֥יתִי וְהָיִ֖יתִי כְּאַחַ֥ד הָאָדָֽם׃ [Judges 16:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:480` 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 16:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.479/) - next →: [Judges 16:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.481/) - ↑ back to [Judges 16:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.11/)