--- title: Judges 19:3 (JPS 1917) — And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her,… · tree and pragmatics description: And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, to bring her back, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses; and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. Who acts: husband, lehem, father. 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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 (husband, lehem, father), 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:552 # text = And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly unto her, to bring her back, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses; and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 13 kindly kindly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 asses ass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 's 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 45 when when SCONJ WRB _ 51 mark _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 damsel damsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ _ 52 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 54 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arise** | past | lehem's husband | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | lehem's husband *not said here* | | | | after lehem *= beth-lehem* | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | lehem's husband *not said here* | | | | | unto lehem *= beth-lehem*; kindly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bring back** | to-infinitive | lehem's husband *not said here* | | lehem *= beth-lehem* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 5 | **have** | gerund | lehem's husband *not said here* | husband's servant and a couple of asses | | | | with husband | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent servant=Patient | | 6 | **bring** | past | lehem *= beth-lehem* | husband | | lehem's father's house | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into house=Destination | | 7 | **see** | past | the father of the damsel | husband | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 8 | **rejoice** | past | father | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **meet** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | father | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | 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} וַיָּ֨קָם אִישָׁ֜הּ וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ אַחֲרֶ֗יהָ לְדַבֵּ֤ר עַל־לִבָּהּ֙ לַהֲשִׁיבָ֔הּ וְנַעֲר֥וֹ עִמּ֖וֹ וְצֶ֣מֶד חֲמֹרִ֑ים וַתְּבִיאֵ֙הוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֔יהָ וַיִּרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ אֲבִ֣י הַֽנַּעֲרָ֔ה וַיִּשְׂמַ֖ח לִקְרָאתֽוֹ׃ [Judges 19:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.19.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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