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title: Job 42:8 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I do not unto you aught unseemly; for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as my servant
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# Job 42:8 · JPS 1917

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Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I do not unto you aught unseemly; for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.'

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**Who acts:** you, servant Job, I, ye, thing · **What happens:** take, go, offer up, burn, pray, accept · **To what, where:** seven bullocks, servant Job, burnt offering, aught, thing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Job 42:8 · 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 (you, servant Job, I, ye), 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:JOB:1166
# text = Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I do not unto you aught unseemly; for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.'
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	bullocks	bullock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	rams	ram	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
17	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	Job	Job	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	offer	offer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
22	up	up	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	21	obl	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
26	burnt	burn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	amod	_	_
27	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	_
28	offering	offering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
29	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
31	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	Job	Job	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj	_	_
34	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
36	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	35	obl	_	_
38	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	43	punct	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	obl	_	_
41	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
43	accept	accept	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
45	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	47	mark	_	_
46	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj	_	_
47	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	43	advcl	_	_
48	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	47	advmod	_	_
49	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	47	obl	_	_
51	aught	aught	PRON	NN	PronType=Ind	47	obj	_	_
52	unseemly	unseemly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	58	punct	_	_
54	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	58	mark	_	_
55	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	58	nsubj	_	_
56	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	aux	_	_
57	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	58	advmod	_	_
58	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	58	obl	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
62	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	_
63	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	65	nsubj	_	_
64	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	65	cop	_	_
65	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	acl:relcl	_	_
66	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
67	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	71	mark	_	_
68	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	69	nmod:poss	_	_
69	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	compound	_	_
70	Job	Job	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	nsubj	_	_
71	hath	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	58	advcl	_	_
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
73	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | seven bullocks and seven rams |  |  | now | unto you; therefore *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bullock=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | My servant Job |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to job=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **offer up** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a burnt offering |  |  |  | for yourselves | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent offering=Theme for yourselves=Goal |
| 4 | **burn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **pray** | shall | servant Job |  |  |  |  | for you | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for you=Theme |
| 6 | **accept** | future | I |  |  |  |  | for Job | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **not** **do** | present | I | aught |  |  |  | unto you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aught=Eventuality |
| 8 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | present · perfect | ye | the thing |  |  |  | of Me | tree rules |
| 9 | **is** | present | the thing |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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}

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וְעַתָּ֡ה קְחֽוּ־לָכֶ֣ם שִׁבְעָֽה־פָרִים֩ וְשִׁבְעָ֨ה אֵילִ֜ים וּלְכ֣וּ ׀ אֶל־עַבְדִּ֣י אִיּ֗וֹב וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֤ם עוֹלָה֙ בַּֽעַדְכֶ֔ם וְאִיּ֣וֹב עַבְדִּ֔י יִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל עֲלֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֧י אִם־פָּנָ֣יו אֶשָּׂ֗א לְבִלְתִּ֞י עֲשׂ֤וֹת עִמָּכֶם֙ נְבָלָ֔ה כִּ֠י לֹ֣א דִבַּרְתֶּ֥ם אֵלַ֛י נְכוֹנָ֖ה כְּעַבְדִּ֥י אִיּֽוֹב׃

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOB:1166` of Mova's parse database.

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