--- title: Judges 17:2 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto his mother: 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver th… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto his mother: 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.' And his mother said: 'Blessed be my son of the LORD.' Who acts: man, thou, silver, I. 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And his mother said: 'Blessed be my son of the LORD.' **Who acts:** man, thou, silver, I, mother · **What happens:** say, take, utter, speak, be, bless · **To what, where:** hundred pieces, thee, curse, ears, silver, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 17:2 · 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 (man, thou, silver, 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:505 # text = And he said unto his mother: 'The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it.' And his mother said: 'Blessed be my son of the LORD.' 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 _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ _ 9 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 eleven eleven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 dislocated _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nsubj _ _ 24 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl:relcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 didst do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 also also ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 mine my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 behold behold INTJ UH _ 44 discourse _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 ccomp _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 parataxis _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 . . PUNCT . _ 44 punct _ _ 50 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ 51 And and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 54 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 55 : : PUNCT : _ 57 punct _ _ 56 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ _ 57 Blessed bless VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 ccomp _ _ 58 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 aux:pass _ _ 59 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nsubj:pass _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 57 punct _ _ 65 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 57 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | unto man's mother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past · passive | | the hundred pieces of silver | | thee | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from thou=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **utter** *speech: other* | past · do-support | thou | a curse | | | | about the hundred pieces of silver | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent curse=Topic | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · do-support | thou *not said here* | curse | | mine ears | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | the silver | | | | | with me; the hundred pieces of silver *dislocated* | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | past | I | silver | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man's mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **bless** | infinitive · passive | | my son | | | | of the LORD | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 לְאִמּ֡וֹ אֶלֶף֩ וּמֵאָ֨ה הַכֶּ֜סֶף אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֻֽקַּֽח־לָ֗ךְ וְאַ֤תְּ אָלִית֙ וְגַם֙ אָמַ֣רְתְּ בְּאָזְנַ֔י הִנֵּֽה־הַכֶּ֥סֶף אִתִּ֖י אֲנִ֣י לְקַחְתִּ֑יו וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אִמּ֔וֹ בָּר֥וּךְ בְּנִ֖י לַיהוָֽה׃ [Judges 17:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:505` 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 17:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.504/) - next →: [Judges 17:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.506/) - ↑ back to [Judges 17:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.2/)