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title: Judges 16:28 (JPS 1917) — And Samson called unto the LORD, and said: 'O Lord GOD, remember me,… · tree and pragmatics
description: And Samson called unto the LORD, and said: 'O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, O God, that I may be this once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.' Who acts: Samson, I. Judges 16:28 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of e
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# Judges 16:28 · JPS 1917

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And Samson called unto the LORD, and said: 'O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, O God, that I may be this once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.'

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**Who acts:** Samson, I · **What happens:** call, say, remember, pray, strengthen, avenge · **To what, where:** me, Thee, I · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Judges 16:28 · 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 (Samson, 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:498
# text = And Samson called unto the LORD, and said: 'O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray Thee, and strengthen me, I pray Thee, only this once, O God, that I may be this once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.'
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Samson	Samson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	_
12	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	14	discourse	_	_
13	Lord	Lord	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	GOD	GOD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	vocative	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
17	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
21	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	20	obj	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	strengthen	strengthen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
25	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	_
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
28	pray	pray	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
29	Thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	obj	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	only	only	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	advmod	_	_
33	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	44	advmod	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	36	discourse	_	_
36	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	vocative	_	_
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
38	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
39	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	44	aux	_	_
41	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	aux:pass	_	_
42	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	44	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	44	advmod	_	_
44	avenged	avenge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	ccomp	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	Philistines	philistine	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
48	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
50	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	51	nummod	_	_
51	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
53	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: fragment
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- hedged: yes
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | past | Samson |  |  |  |  | unto the LORD | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Samson *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **remember** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  | Lord GOD *vocative* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
| 4 | **pray** | present | I | Thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **strengthen** | infinitive |  | me |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient |
| 6 | **pray** | present | I | Thee |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **avenge** | may · passive |  | I |  |  |  | of the Philistines; for my two eyes; once *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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וַיִּקְרָ֥א שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֡ה זָכְרֵ֣נִי נָא֩ וְחַזְּקֵ֨נִי נָ֜א אַ֣ךְ הַפַּ֤עַם הַזֶּה֙ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְאִנָּקְמָ֧ה נְקַם־אַחַ֛ת מִשְּׁתֵ֥י עֵינַ֖י מִפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

[Judges 16:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.16.28/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:498` of Mova's parse database.

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