--- title: Judges 18:26 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. Who acts: children, Micah. 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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, Micah), 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:543 # text = And the children of Dan went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 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 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 12 Micah Micah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 too too ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 ccomp _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 back back ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 unto unto ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the children of Dan | children's way | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | past | Micah | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | children *= child* | | | | | for Micah; strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **turn** | past | Micah | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **go back** | past | Micah *not said here* | | | | | unto Micah's house | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | 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} וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ בְנֵי־דָ֖ן לְדַרְכָּ֑ם וַיַּ֣רְא מִיכָ֗ה כִּי־חֲזָקִ֥ים הֵ֙מָּה֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ וַיִּ֖פֶן וַיָּ֥שָׁב אֶל־בֵּיתֽוֹ׃ [Judges 18:26: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.18.26/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:543` 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 18:25 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.542/) - next →: [Judges 18:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.544/) - ↑ back to [Judges 18:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.18.26/)