--- title: Judges 16:25 (JPS 1917) — And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said: '… · tree and pragmatics description: And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said: 'Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.' And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the pillars. Who acts: enemy, hearts, people, God. 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And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the pillars. **Who acts:** enemy, hearts, people, God · **What happens:** come, pass, be, say, call, make · **To what, where:** sport, us, prison house, God, pillars · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 16:25 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (enemy, hearts, people, 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:495 # text = And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said: 'Call for Samson, that he may make us sport.' And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they set him between the pillars. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 18 Call call VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 26 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 iobj _ _ 27 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Samson Samson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 out out ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 prison prison NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 38 punct _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 45 sport sport NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 46 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 between between ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obl _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | enemy | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | enemy *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | people's hearts | | | | | merry *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | people | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **call** | infinitive | | | | | | for Samson | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for samson=Recipient | | 6 | **make** | may | God | sport | us | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset we=Beneficiary sport=Product | | 7 | **call** | past | people | | | the prison house | | for Samson | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for samson=Recipient | | 8 | **make** | past | God | sport | | | before people | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sport=Product | | 9 | **set** | past | people | God | | the pillars | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme between pillar=Destination | 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} וַֽיְהִי֙ כְּט֣וֹב לִבָּ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ קִרְא֥וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן וִישַֽׂחֶק־לָ֑נוּ וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן מִבֵּ֣ית הָאֲסוּרִ֗ים וַיְצַחֵק֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּעֲמִ֥ידוּ אוֹת֖וֹ בֵּ֥ין הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ [Judges 16:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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