--- title: Judges 1:7 (JPS 1917) — And Adoni-bezek said: 'Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs… · tree and pragmatics description: And Adoni-bezek said: 'Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me.' And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. Who acts: Adoni bezek, Threescore kings, I, God. 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And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. **Who acts:** Adoni bezek, Threescore kings, I, God, Canaanites, Bezek · **What happens:** say, have, cut off, gather, do, requite · **To what, where:** thumbs, food, table, me, Bezek, Jerusalem · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 1:7 · 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 (Adoni bezek, Threescore kings, I, God), 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:6 # text = And Adoni-bezek said: 'Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered food under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me.' And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 Adoni Adoni PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ _ 4 bezek bezek PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Threescore threescore NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 conj _ _ 11 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 thumbs thumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 toes toe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ 20 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 21 off off ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 gathered gather VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 24 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 under under ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 35 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 36 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 requited requite VERB VBN Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ 40 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 41 And and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 conj _ _ 51 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Adoni bezek | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | gerund | Threescore kings *not said here* | Canaanites's thumbs and Canaanites's great toes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thumb=Patient | | 3 | **cut off** | participle | | Canaanites's thumbs and Canaanites's great toes *not said here* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **gather** | past | Threescore kings | food | | my table | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 5 | **do** | present · perfect | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **requite** | present · perfect | God | me | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** | past | Canaanites *= canaanite* | Bezek | Jerusalem | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to jerusalem=Destination | | 8 | **die** | past | Bezek | | | there | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 אֲדֹֽנִי־בֶ֗זֶקאֲדֹֽנִי־בֶ֗זֶק שִׁבְעִ֣ים ׀ מְלָכִ֡ים בְּֽהֹנוֹת֩ יְדֵיהֶ֨ם וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֜ם מְקֻצָּצִ֗ים הָי֤וּ מְלַקְּטִים֙ תַּ֣חַת שֻׁלְחָנִ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשִׂ֔יתִי כֵּ֥ן שִׁלַּם־לִ֖י אֱלֹהִ֑ים וַיְבִיאֻ֥הוּ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם וַיָּ֥מָת שָֽׁם׃פ [Judges 1:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.1.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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