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title: Judges 17:3 (JPS 1917) — And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, a… · tree and pragmatics
description: And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said: 'I verily dedicate the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it unto thee.' Who acts: son, mother, I. Judges 17:3 in JPS 1917 with i
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# Judges 17:3 · JPS 1917

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And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said: 'I verily dedicate the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it unto thee.'

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**Who acts:** son, mother, I · **What happens:** restore, say, dedicate, make · **To what, where:** eleven pieces, mother, silver, hand, graven image · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Judges 17:3 · 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 (son, mother, 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:506
# text = And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said: 'I verily dedicate the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore I will restore it unto thee.'
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	restored	restore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	eleven	eleven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
7	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
19	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	_
20	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	verily	verily	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	dedicate	dedicate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	ccomp	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
31	for	for	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	advcl	_	_
37	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	graven	graven	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obj	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
41	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	molten	molten	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	image	image	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	_
45	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	49	advmod	_	_
46	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	49	advmod	_	_
47	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
48	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	restore	restore	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	parataxis	_	_
50	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	obj	_	_
51	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
52	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	49	obl	_	_
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
54	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: promise
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **restore** | past | son | the eleven pieces of silver | son's mother |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent piece=Theme to mother=Recipient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | son's mother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **dedicate** | present | I | the silver |  | my hand |  | unto the LORD; for my son; verily *property* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent silver=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a graven image and a molten image |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset image=Product |
| 5 | **restore** | future | I | silver |  |  | now | unto thee; therefore *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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וַיָּ֛שֶׁב אֶת־אֶֽלֶף־וּמֵאָ֥ה הַכֶּ֖סֶף לְאִמּ֑וֹ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אִמּ֡וֹ הַקְדֵּ֣שׁ הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי אֶת־הַכֶּסֶף֩ לַיהוָ֨ה מִיָּדִ֜י לִבְנִ֗י לַֽעֲשׂוֹת֙ פֶּ֣סֶל וּמַסֵּכָ֔ה וְעַתָּ֖ה אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ לָֽךְ׃

[Judges 17:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.17.3/)

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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:506` of Mova's parse database.

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