--- title: Job 42:11 (JPS 1917) — Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; every man also gave him a piece of mone --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1169/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Job](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/) / [chapter 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB/42/) / [42:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.42.11/) / JPS 1 # Job 42:11 · JPS 1917 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold. **Who acts:** brethren, LORD, man · **What happens:** come, be, eat, bemoan, comfort, bring · **To what, where:** bread, house, LORD, evil, piece This is Job 42:11 · 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 (brethren, LORD, man), 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:1169 # text = Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house; and they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him; every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 brethren brethren NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 conj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 cop _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 acquaintance acquaintance NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 acl:relcl _ _ 24 before before ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 29 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 bemoaned bemoan VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 comforted comfort VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 concerning concern ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 52 obj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 upon upon ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 59 punct _ _ 56 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 57 det _ _ 57 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 58 also also ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 59 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 iobj _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 piece piece NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 68 det _ _ 68 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 69 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nmod _ _ 73 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: changed polarity=pos | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | LORD's brethren and LORD's sisters | | | there | then | unto LORD | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | | | | | | of LORD's acquaintance; before *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **eat** | past · do-support | LORD's brethren and LORD's sisters *not said here* | bread | | LORD's house | | with LORD | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient | | 4 | **bemoan** | past | brethren | LORD | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **comfort** | past | brethren *not said here* | LORD | | | | concern all evil | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | | 6 | **bring** | past · perfect | the LORD | all evil | | | | upon Job | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 7 | **give** | past | every man | a piece of money | LORD | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient piece=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} וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אֵ֠לָיו כָּל־אֶחָ֨יו וְכָל־אַחְיוֹתָ֜יו וְכָל־יֹדְעָ֣יו לְפָנִ֗ים וַיֹּאכְל֨וּ עִמּ֣וֹ לֶחֶם֮ בְּבֵיתוֹ֒ וַיָּנֻ֤דוּ לוֹ֙ וַיְנַחֲמ֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ עַ֚ל כָּל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־הֵבִ֥יא יְהוָ֖ה עָלָ֑יו וַיִּתְּנוּ־ל֗וֹ אִ֚ישׁ קְשִׂיטָ֣ה אֶחָ֔ת וְאִ֕ישׁ נֶ֥זֶם זָהָ֖ב אֶחָֽד׃ס [Job 42:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.42.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOB:1169` 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: [Job 42:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1168/) - next →: [Job 42:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.1170/) - ↑ back to [Job 42:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.42.11/)