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title: Job 1:5 (JPS 1917) — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that… · tree and pragmatics
description: And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said: 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and blasphemed God in their hearts.' Thus did Job c
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# Job 1:5 · JPS 1917

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And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said: 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and blasphemed God in their hearts.' Thus did Job continually.

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**Who acts:** it, Job, sons · **What happens:** be, go about, send, sanctify, rise up, offer · **To what, where:** days, sons, burnt offerings, God, hearts · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is Job 1:5 · 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 (it, Job, sons), 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:4
# text = And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said: 'It may be that my sons have sinned, and blasphemed God in their hearts.' Thus did Job continually.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	13	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	feasting	feasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	advcl	_	_
14	about	about	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	Job	Job	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	csubj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	sanctified	sanctify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
21	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obj	_	_
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
25	up	up	ADP	RP	_	24	compound:prt	_	_
26	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	24	advmod	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	offered	offer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
33	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	amod	_	_
34	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	33	punct	_	_
35	offerings	offering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
36	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	case	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	36	fixed	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nmod	_	_
42	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	41	det	_	_
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
44	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	46	mark	_	_
45	Job	Job	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nsubj	_	_
46	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
47	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	56	punct	_	_
48	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	56	punct	_	_
49	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	aux	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
53	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nsubj	_	_
55	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
56	sinned	sin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	46	ccomp	_	_
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
59	blasphemed	blaspheme	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	56	conj	_	_
60	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	_
61	in	in	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	63	nmod:poss	_	_
63	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	obl	_	_
64	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
65	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
66	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
68	Job	Job	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	nsubj	_	_
69	continually	continually	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
70	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- hedged: yes
- teacher: changed voice=narrator

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | so *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go about** | past · passive |  | the days of sons's feasting |  |  |  | about *property* | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | past | Job |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sanctify** | past | Job *not said here* | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **rise up** | past | Job *not said here* |  |  |  | morning | early *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **offer** | past | Job *not said here* | burnt offerings |  |  |  | accord the number of sons | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme |
| 7 | **burnt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Job |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 10 | **sin** | may · perfect | my sons |  |  |  |  |  | vn rebel-71.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 11 | **blaspheme** | participle | my sons *not said here* | God |  | sons's hearts |  |  | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Theme |
| 12 | **feast** |  | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  |  | nom feasting «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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וַיְהִ֡י כִּ֣י הִקִּיפֽוּ֩ יְמֵ֨י הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֜ה וַיִּשְׁלַ֧ח אִיּ֣וֹב וַֽיְקַדְּשֵׁ֗ם וְהִשְׁכִּ֣ים בַּבֹּקֶר֮ וְהֶעֱלָ֣ה עֹלוֹת֮ מִסְפַּ֣ר כֻּלָּם֒ כִּ֚י אָמַ֣ר אִיּ֔וֹב אוּלַי֙ חָטְא֣וּ בָנַ֔י וּבֵרֲכ֥וּ אֱלֹהִ֖ים בִּלְבָבָ֑ם כָּ֛כָה יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה אִיּ֖וֹב כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים׃פ

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