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title: Judges 18:2 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their who… · tree and pragmatics
description: And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them: 'Go, search the land'; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there. 
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# Judges 18:2 · JPS 1917

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And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them: 'Go, search the land'; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.

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**Who acts:** children · **What happens:** send, spy out, search, say, go, come · **To what, where:** five men, Zorah, land, hill country · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Judges 18:2 · 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 (children), 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:518
# text = And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them: 'Go, search the land'; and they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Dan	Dan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	valour	valour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Zorah	Zorah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
25	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Eshtaol	Eshtaol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	spy	spy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
30	out	out	ADP	RP	_	29	compound:prt	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	obj	_	_
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	41	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
41	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
42	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	obl	_	_
44	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
45	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	46	punct	_	_
46	Go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	ccomp	_	_
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	46	conj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
51	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	46	punct	_	_
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	55	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
54	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
56	to	to	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
58	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	compound	_	_
59	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	58	punct	_	_
60	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Ephraim	Ephraim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	_
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
64	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
67	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	Micah	Micah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	nmod	_	_
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	lodged	lodge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	conj	_	_
72	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	71	advmod	_	_
73	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: narrate
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate, voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | the children of Dan | five men and men of valour |  | Zorah and Eshtaol |  | of children's family; from children's whole number | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent man=Theme of family=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **spy out** | to-infinitive | the children of Dan *not said here* | the land |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus |
| 3 | **search** | to-infinitive | the children of Dan *not said here* | land |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Location |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | unto men *= man* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **go** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **search** | infinitive |  | the land |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent land=Location |
| 7 | **come** | past | children *= child* |  |  | the hill country of Ephraim |  | unto the house of Micah | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to country=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **lodge** | past | children *= child* *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=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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וַיִּשְׁלְח֣וּ בְנֵי־דָ֣ן ׀ מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם חֲמִשָּׁ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֣ים מִקְצוֹתָם֩ אֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵי־חַ֜יִל מִצָּרְעָ֣ה וּמֵֽאֶשְׁתָּאֹ֗ל לְרַגֵּ֤ל אֶת־הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ וּלְחָקְרָ֔הּ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֲלֵהֶ֔ם לְכ֖וּ חִקְר֣וּ אֶת־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ הַר־אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ עַד־בֵּ֣ית מִיכָ֔ה וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ שָֽׁם׃

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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:518` of Mova's parse database.

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