--- title: Job 20:18 (JPS 1917) — That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow… · tree and pragmatics description: That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. Who acts: head. 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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 (head), 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:515 # text = That which he laboured for shall he give back, and shall not swallow it down; according to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obj _ _ 2 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 4 obj _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laboured labour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 swallow swallow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 down down ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 18 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 case _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 substance substance NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 gotten get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 acl:relcl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **labour** | past | head | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give back** | shall | head | That | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 3 | **not** **swallow down** | shall | head *not said here* | poison | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **get** | present · perfect | head | the substance | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus | | 6 | **not** **rejoice** | shall | head | | | | | accord the substance | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} מֵשִׁ֣יב יָ֭גָע וְלֹ֣א יִבְלָ֑ע כְּחֵ֥יל תְּ֝מוּרָת֗וֹ וְלֹ֣א יַעֲלֹֽס׃ [Job 20:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:JOB:515` 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 20:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.514/) - next →: [Job 20:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.516/) - ↑ back to [Job 20:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.20.18/)