--- title: Judges 21:5 (JPS 1917) — And the children of Israel said: 'Who is there among all the tribes… · tree and pragmatics description: And the children of Israel said: 'Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto the LORD?' For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah, saying: 'He shall surely be put to death.' Who acts: children, tribes, great oath. 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For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah, saying: 'He shall surely be put to death.' **Who acts:** children, tribes, great oath · **What happens:** say, be, not come up, make, put · **To what, where:** there, assembly, great oath, Mizpah, LORD · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 21:5 · 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 (children, tribes, great oath), 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:633 # text = And the children of Israel said: 'Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up in the assembly unto the LORD?' For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto the LORD to Mizpah, saying: 'He shall surely be put to death.' 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 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 there there PRON EX _ 6 ccomp _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tribes tribe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Israel Israel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 21 up up ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 30 For for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 37 concerning concern ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nmod _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 42 up up ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 43 unto unto ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Mizpah Mizpah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 advcl _ _ 50 : : PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 56 punct _ _ 52 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 54 surely surely ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 ccomp _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 59 . . PUNCT . _ 56 punct _ _ 60 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 56 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: wh-question - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the children of Israel | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | there | | | | among all tribes of Israel | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **come up** | past | all tribes of Israel | | | the assembly | | unto the LORD | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in assembly=Location | | 4 | **make** | past · perfect | children *= child* | a great oath | | | | concern LORD | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset oath=Product | | 5 | **not** **come up** | past | a great oath | | | Mizpah | | unto the LORD | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mizpah=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | a great oath *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **put** | shall · passive | | LORD | | | | to death; surely *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | 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} וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִ֠י אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־עָלָ֧ה בַקָּהָ֛ל מִכָּל־שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְהוָ֑ה כִּי֩ הַשְּׁבוּעָ֨ה הַגְּדוֹלָ֜ה הָיְתָ֗ה לַ֠אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָלָ֨ה אֶל־יְהוָ֧ה הַמִּצְפָּ֛ה לֵאמֹ֖ר מ֥וֹת יוּמָֽת׃ [Judges 21:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:633` 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 21:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.632/) - next →: [Judges 21:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.634/) - ↑ back to [Judges 21:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.5/)