--- title: Judges 20:13 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows that are in Gibea… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows that are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.' But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. Who acts: you, base fellows, we, children. 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But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. **Who acts:** you, base fellows, we, children · **What happens:** deliver up, be, put, put away, not hearken · **To what, where:** men, Gibeah, fellows, evil, Israel, children This is Judges 20:13 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (you, base fellows, we, children), 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:592 # text = Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows that are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.' But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 fellows fellow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 appos _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 12 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Gibeah Gibeah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 acl:relcl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 20 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 32 But but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 39 hearken hearken VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, form=imp | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the men | | | now | therefore *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | the base fellows | | | Gibeah | | | tree rules | | 3 | **put** | may | we | fellows *= fellow* | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal | | 4 | **put away** | infinitive | we *not said here* | evil | | Israel | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent evil=Goal | | 5 | **not** **hearken** | would | the children of Benjamin | the children of Israel | | | | to the voice of children's brethren | 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} וְעַתָּ֡ה תְּנוּ֩ אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּ֜עַל אֲשֶׁ֤ר בַּגִּבְעָה֙ וּנְמִיתֵ֔ם וּנְבַעֲרָ֥ה רָעָ֖ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א אָבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣יבִּנְיָמִ֔ן לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ בְּק֖וֹל אֲחֵיהֶ֥ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ [Judges 20:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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