--- title: Proverbs 27:10 (JPS 1917) — Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go i… · tree and pragmatics description: Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. Who acts: you, neighbour. 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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, neighbour), 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:787 # text = Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity; better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. 1 Thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 15 cc _ _ 15 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 calamity calamity NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 11 parataxis _ _ 29 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 than than ADP IN _ 34 mark _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 39 off off ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 40 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **forsake** | imperative | you *not said here* | Thine own friend and thy father's friend | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | thy brother's house | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | present | a neighbour | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | a neighbour | | | | | a brother *obl*; near, off *property* | 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} רֵֽעֲךָ֨וְרֵ֪עַ אָבִ֡יךָ אַֽל־תַּעֲזֹ֗ב וּבֵ֥ית אָחִ֗יךָ אַל־תָּ֭בוֹא בְּי֣וֹם אֵידֶ֑ךָ ט֥וֹב שָׁכֵ֥ן קָ֝ר֗וֹב מֵאָ֥ח רָחֽוֹק׃ [Proverbs 27:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PRO:787` 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: [Proverbs 27:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.786/) - next →: [Proverbs 27:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.788/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs 27:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.10/)