--- title: Judges 3:28 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto them: 'Follow after me; for the LORD hath delivered… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto them: 'Follow after me; for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.' And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over. Who acts: Ehud, LORD, doors. 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And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over. **Who acts:** Ehud, LORD, doors · **What happens:** say, follow, deliver, go down, take, not suffer · **To what, where:** enemies, hand, fords, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Judges 3:28 · 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 (Ehud, LORD, doors), 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:90 # text = And he said unto them: 'Follow after me; for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.' And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 17 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Moabites Moabites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 appos _ _ 21 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 24 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 26 And and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 down down ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fords ford NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Jordan Jordan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 against against ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 Moabites Moabites PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ _ 51 over over ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - 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 | Ehud | | | | | unto doors *= door* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **follow** | infinitive | | | | | after me | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent after i=Theme | | 3 | **deliver** | present · perfect | the LORD | your enemies | | your hand | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient | | 4 | **go down** | past | doors *= door* | | | | after Ehud | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **take** | past | doors *= door* *not said here* | the fords of the Jordan | | | | against the Moabites | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ford=Theme against moabites=Destination | | 6 | **not** **suffer** | past | doors *= door* *not said here* | a man | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus | | 7 | **pass over** | to-infinitive | doors *= door* *not said here* | a man *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ רִדְפ֣וּ אַחֲרַ֔י כִּֽי־נָתַ֨ן יְהוָ֧ה אֶת־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֛ם אֶת־מוֹאָ֖ב בְּיֶדְכֶ֑ם וַיֵּרְד֣וּ אַחֲרָ֗יו וַֽיִּלְכְּד֞וּ אֶת־מַעְבְּר֤וֹת הַיַּרְדֵּן֙ לְמוֹאָ֔ב וְלֹֽא־נָתְנ֥וּ אִ֖ישׁ לַעֲבֹֽר׃ [Judges 3:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JDG:90` 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 3:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.89/) - next →: [Judges 3:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.91/) - ↑ back to [Judges 3:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.3.28/)