--- title: Job 1:17 (JPS 1917) — While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said: 'The C… · tree and pragmatics description: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said: 'The Chaldeans set themselves in three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.' Who acts: fire, another, Chaldeans. 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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 (fire, another, Chaldeans), 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:17 # text = While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said: 'The Chaldeans set themselves in three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.' 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 yet yet ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 speaking speak VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 8 expl _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 also also ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 8 nsubj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ _ 16 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Chaldeans Chaldean PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 19 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 bands band NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 camels camel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 yea yea INTJ UH _ 32 discourse _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 slain slay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 only only ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 54 alone alone ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 advcl _ _ 57 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 56 iobj _ _ 58 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past · progressive | fire | | | | yet | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | another | | | there | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | another *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **set** | past | the Chaldeans | Chaldeans *= chaldean* | | three bands | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme in band=Destination | | 5 | **fall** | past | the Chaldeans *not said here* | | | the camels | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon camel=Location | | 6 | **take away** | present · perfect | the Chaldeans *not said here* | Chaldeans *= chaldean* | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **slay** | participle | the Chaldeans *not said here* | the servants | | | | with the edge of the sword | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent servant=Patient with edge=Instrument | | 8 | **escape** | present · passive | | I | | | | alone *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thou=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} ע֣וֹד ׀ זֶ֣ה מְדַבֵּ֗ר וְזֶה֮ בָּ֣א וַיֹּאמַר֒ כַּשְׂדִּ֞ים שָׂ֣מוּ ׀ שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה רָאשִׁ֗ים וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֤וּ עַל־הַגְּמַלִּים֙ וַיִּקָּח֔וּם וְאֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֖ים הִכּ֣וּ לְפִי־חָ֑רֶב וָאִמָּ֨לְטָ֧ה רַק־אֲנִ֛י לְבַדִּ֖י לְהַגִּ֥יד לָֽךְ׃ [Job 1:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.1.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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