--- title: Proverbs 6:3 (JPS 1917) — Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into… · tree and pragmatics description: Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour. Who acts: you, thou. 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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 (you, thou), 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:PRO:143 # text = Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbour; go, humble thyself, and urge thy neighbour. 1 Do do VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 obj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 9 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 13 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 14 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 23 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 humble humble VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 thyself thyself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch 25 obj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 urge urge VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 30 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | imperative | you *not said here* | this | | | now | my son *vocative* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality | | 2 | **deliver** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thyself | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient | | 3 | **see** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **come** | present · passive | thou | | | the hand of thy neighbour | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hand=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **humble** | infinitive | | thyself | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thyself=Experiencer | | 7 | **urge** | infinitive | | thy neighbour | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=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} עֲשֵׂ֨ה זֹ֥את אֵפ֪וֹא ׀ בְּנִ֡י וְֽהִנָּצֵ֗ל כִּ֘י בָ֤אתָ בְכַף־רֵעֶ֑ךָ לֵ֥ךְ הִ֝תְרַפֵּ֗ס וּרְהַ֥ב רֵעֶֽיךָ׃ [Proverbs 6:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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