--- title: Job 16:12 (JPS 1917) — I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the… · tree and pragmatics description: I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark. Who acts: I, God. 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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, God), 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:416 # text = I was at ease, and He broke me asunder; yea, He hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces; He hath also set me up for His mark. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 asunder asunder ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 yea yea INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 dashed dash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 also also ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 mark mark NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | ease | | | tree rules | | 2 | **break** | past | God | me | | | | asunder *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Patient | | 3 | **take** | present · perfect | God | | me | | | by the neck | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 4 | **dash** | past | God *not said here* | me | | | | to pieces *result* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent i=Patient to piece=Result | | 5 | **set up** | present · perfect | God | me | | | | for God's mark | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent i=Patient for mark=Beneficiary | | 6 | **mark** | | God | | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו הָיִ֨יתִי ׀ וַֽיְפַרְפְּרֵ֗נִי וְאָחַ֣ז בְּ֭עָרְפִּי וַֽיְפַצְפְּצֵ֑נִי וַיְקִימֵ֥נִי ל֝֗וֹ לְמַטָּרָֽה׃ [Job 16:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOB:416` 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 16:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.415/) - next →: [Job 16:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.417/) - ↑ back to [Job 16:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.12/)