--- title: Judges 19:18 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto him: 'We are passing from Beth-lehem in Judah unto… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto him: 'We are passing from Beth-lehem in Judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem in Judah, and I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that taketh me into his house. Who acts: man, We, I. 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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 (man, We, 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:567 # text = And he said unto him: 'We are passing from Beth-lehem in Judah unto the farther side of the hill-country of Ephraim; from thence am I, and I went to Beth-lehem in Judah, and I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that taketh me into his house. 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ _ 8 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ _ 14 lehem lehem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 unto unto ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 20 amod _ _ 20 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ _ 25 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Ephraim Ephraim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thence thence ADV RB _ 10 obl _ _ 31 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 Beth Beth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 39 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 40 punct _ _ 40 lehem lehem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 Judah Judah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ _ 48 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nmod _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 58 expl _ _ 58 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 59 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 60 det _ _ 60 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 61 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 62 taketh take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 acl:relcl _ _ 63 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 into into ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | unto Gibeah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | We | | | Beth lehem in Judah | | unto the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim; pass *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | past | I | | | Beth lehem in Judah | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lehem=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **go** | present · progressive | I | | | the house of the LORD | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **be** | present | no man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **take** | present | no man | me | | man's house | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme into house=Destination | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו עֹבְרִ֨ים אֲנַ֜חְנוּ מִבֵּֽית־לֶ֣חֶםבֵּֽית־לֶ֣חֶם יְהוּדָה֮ עַד־יַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר־אֶפְרַיִם֒ מִשָּׁ֣ם אָנֹ֔כִי וָאֵלֵ֕ךְ עַד־בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם בֵּ֥ית לֶ֖חֶם יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאֶת־בֵּ֤ית יְהוָה֙ אֲנִ֣י הֹלֵ֔ךְ וְאֵ֣ין אִ֔ישׁ מְאַסֵּ֥ף אוֹתִ֖י הַבָּֽיְתָה׃ [Judges 19:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.19.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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