--- title: Judges 2:15 (JPS 1917) — Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them f… · tree and pragmatics description: Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn unto them; and they were sore distressed. Who acts: children, hand, LORD. 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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, hand, LORD), 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:52 # text = Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn unto them; and they were sore distressed. 1 Whithersoever whithersoever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 advcl:relcl _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 against against ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 spoken speak VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 sore sore ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 distressed distress ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go out** | past | children *= child* | | | | | out, whithersoever *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the hand of the LORD | | | | | against children *= child*; for evil | tree rules | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · perfect | the LORD | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **swear** | past · perfect | the LORD | | | | | unto children *= child* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | past | children *= child* | | | | | distress, sore *property* | tree rules | 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} בְּכֹ֣ל ׀ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָצְא֗וּ יַד־יְהוָה֙ הָיְתָה־בָּ֣ם לְרָעָ֔ה כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה וְכַאֲשֶׁ֛ר נִשְׁבַּ֥ע יְהוָ֖ה לָהֶ֑ם וַיֵּ֥צֶר לָהֶ֖ם מְאֹֽד׃ [Judges 2:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.2.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:52` 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 2:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.51/) - next →: [Judges 2:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.53/) - ↑ back to [Judges 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.2.15/)