--- title: Job 12:4 (JPS 1917) — I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that ca… · tree and pragmatics description: I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock, Who acts: I, man, wisdom, just. 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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 (I, man, wisdom, just), 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:286 # text = I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, a man that called upon God, and He answered him; the just, the innocent man is a laughing-stock, 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 one one PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 laughing laughing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ _ 10 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 just just NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 laughing laughing NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ _ 37 stock stock NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | I | | | | | as one | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | | a laughing stock | | | | to wisdom's neighbour | tree rules | | 3 | **call** | past | a man | | | | | upon God | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | wisdom | | God | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality | | 5 | **is a** | present | the just | a laughing stock | | | | | tree rules | 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} שְׂחֹ֤ק לְרֵעֵ֨הוּ ׀ אֶֽהְיֶ֗ה קֹרֵ֣א לֶ֭אֱלוֹהַּ וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ שְׂ֝ח֗וֹק צַדִּ֥יק תָּמִֽים׃ [Job 12:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOB:286` 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 12:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.285/) - next →: [Job 12:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.287/) - ↑ back to [Job 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.4/)