--- title: Judges 20:15 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Benjamin numbered on that day out of the cities… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Benjamin numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men. Who acts: children, six men, inhabitants. 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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, six men, inhabitants), 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:594 # text = And the children of Benjamin numbered on that day out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who numbered seven hundred chosen men. 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 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 numbered number VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 14 twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 17 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 compound _ _ 18 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 besides besides ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 Gibeah Gibeah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 numbered number VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 31 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 compound _ _ 32 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **number** | past | the children of Benjamin | six men | | the cities | day | besides the inhabitants of Gibeah | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 2 | **draw** | past | six men | sword | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 3 | **number** | past | the inhabitants of Gibeah | hundred chosen men | | | | | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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} וַיִּתְפָּֽקְדוּ֩ בְנֵ֨י בִנְיָמִ֜ן בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְשִׁשָּׁ֥ה אֶ֛לֶף אִ֖ישׁ שֹׁ֣לֵֽף חָ֑רֶב לְ֠בַד מִיֹּשְׁבֵ֤י הַגִּבְעָה֙ הִתְפָּ֣קְד֔וּ שְׁבַ֥ע מֵא֖וֹת אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר׃ [Judges 20:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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