--- title: Judges 21:7 (JPS 1917) — How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn… · tree and pragmatics description: How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?' Who acts: we, wives. 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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 (we, wives), 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:635 # text = How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?' 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ 9 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 13 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 sworn swear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 daughters daughter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 30 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 31 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | shall | we | | | | | for wives for people | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **remain** | present | wives for people | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **swear** | present · perfect | we | | | | | by the LORD | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **give** | future | we | people | wives | | | of our daughters | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to wife=Recipient | 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} מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה לָהֶ֛ם לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים לְנָשִׁ֑ים וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ נִשְׁבַּ֣עְנוּ בַֽיהוָ֔ה לְבִלְתִּ֛י תֵּת־לָהֶ֥ם מִבְּנוֹתֵ֖ינוּ לְנָשִֽׁים׃ [Judges 21:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.21.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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