--- title: Judges 16:23 (JPS 1917) — And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a g… · tree and pragmatics description: And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said: 'Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.' Who acts: lords, god. 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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, god), 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:493 # text = And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said: 'Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.' 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 philistine PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 sacrifice sacrifice NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 unto unto ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Dagon Dagon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 29 Our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 ccomp _ _ 33 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 36 into into ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | past | the lords of the Philistines | Philistines *= philistine* | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | to-infinitive | the lords of the Philistines *not said here* | a great sacrifice | | | | unto Dagon | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sacrifice=Theme | | 3 | **rejoice** | to-infinitive | the lords of the Philistines *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lords *= lord* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **deliver** | present · perfect | Our god | Samson | | our hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent samson=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} וְסַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים נֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙לִזְבֹּ֧חַ זֶֽבַח־גָּד֛וֹל לְדָג֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ נָתַ֤ן אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּיָדֵ֔נוּ אֵ֖ת שִׁמְשׁ֥וֹן אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃ [Judges 16:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.23/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:493` 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 16:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.492/) - next →: [Judges 16:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.494/) - ↑ back to [Judges 16:23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.23/)