--- title: Judges 20:28 (JPS 1917) — and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it… · tree and pragmatics description: and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days — saying: 'Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?' And the LORD said: 'Go up; for to-morrow I will deliver him into thy hand.' Who acts: Phinehas, I, LORD. 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And the LORD said: 'Go up; for to-morrow I will deliver him into thy hand.' **Who acts:** Phinehas, I, LORD · **What happens:** stand, say, go out, cease, go up, deliver · **To what, where:** ark, LORD, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 20:28 · 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 (Phinehas, I, LORD), 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:607 # text = and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days — saying: 'Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?' And the LORD said: 'Go up; for to-morrow I will deliver him into thy hand.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 2 Phinehas Phinehas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Eleazar Eleazar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Aaron Aaron PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 14 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 before before ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 20 — - PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 21 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ _ 24 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 yet yet ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 29 out out ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 against against ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 appos _ _ 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 or or CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 conj _ _ 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 46 And and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 50 : : PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 52 punct _ _ 52 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 49 ccomp _ _ 53 up up ADV RP _ 52 advmod _ _ 54 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 55 for for SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 56 punct _ _ 58 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 parataxis _ _ 62 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obj _ _ 63 into into ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 65 nmod:poss _ _ 65 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 66 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ 67 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=imp, act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past | Phinehas | | | ark | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before it=Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Phinehas *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **go out** | shall | I | | | | yet; again | to battle; against the children of Benjamin; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cease** | shall | I | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **go up** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **deliver** | future | I | LORD | | thy hand | | to morrow | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to morrow=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} וּ֠פִינְחָס בֶּן־אֶלְעָזָ֨ר בֶּֽן־אַהֲרֹ֜ן עֹמֵ֣ד ׀ לְפָנָ֗יו בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵם֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַאוֹסִ֨ף ע֜וֹד לָצֵ֧את לַמִּלְחָמָ֛ה עִם־בְּנֵֽי־בִנְיָמִ֥ן אָחִ֖י אִם־אֶחְדָּ֑ל וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ עֲל֔וּ כִּ֥י מָחָ֖ר אֶתְּנֶ֥נּוּ בְיָדֶֽךָ׃ [Judges 20:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.20.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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