--- title: Judges 19:22 (JPS 1917) — As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city,… · tree and pragmatics description: As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying: 'Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.' 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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 (asses, men, man, we), 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:571 # text = As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain base fellows, beset the house round about, beating at the door; and they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying: 'Bring forth the man that came into thy house, that we may know him.' 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 behold behold INTJ UH _ 21 discourse _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 appos _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 21 beset beset VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 round round ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 about about ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 beating beat VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 47 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ _ 49 Bring bring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 50 forth forth ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 into into ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 61 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 advcl _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 . . PUNCT . _ 49 punct _ _ 65 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 49 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · progressive | asses *= ass* | asses's hearts | | | | merry *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heart=Product | | 2 | **beset** | past | the men of the city | the house | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **beat** | gerund | the men of the city *not said here* | | | the door | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at door=Location | | 4 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | asses *= ass* | | | | | to the master of the house | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to master=Co-Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | asses *= ass* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring forth** | infinitive | | the man | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 7 | **come** | past | the man | | | thy house | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **know** | may | we | man | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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} הֵמָּה֮ מֵיטִיבִ֣ים אֶת־לִבָּם֒ וְהִנֵּה֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר אַנְשֵׁ֣י בְנֵֽי־בְלִיַּ֗עַל נָסַ֙בּוּ֙ אֶת־הַבַּ֔יִת מִֽתְדַּפְּקִ֖ים עַל־הַדָּ֑לֶת וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אֶל־הָ֠אִישׁ בַּ֣עַל הַבַּ֤יִת הַזָּקֵן֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הוֹצֵ֗א אֶת־הָאִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א אֶל־בֵּיתְךָ֖ וְנֵדָעֶֽנּוּ׃ [Judges 19:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.19.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:571` 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 19:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.570/) - next →: [Judges 19:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.572/) - ↑ back to [Judges 19:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.19.22/)