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title: Ruth 1:13 (JPS 1917) — would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselv… · tree and pragmatics
description: would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.' Who acts: ye, hope. Ruth 1:13 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmati
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# Ruth 1:13 · JPS 1917

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would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.'

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**Who acts:** ye, hope · **What happens:** tarry, grow, shut off, have, grieve, go · **To what, where:** sons, yourselves, husbands, me, hand

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This is Ruth 1:13 · 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 (ye, hope), 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:RUT:15
# text = would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD is gone forth against me.'
1	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tarry	tarry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	ye	ye	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	13	nsubj	_	_
13	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
14	yourselves	yourselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obj	_	_
15	off	off	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
20	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	21	det	_	_
21	husbands	husband	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
23	nay	nay	INTJ	UH	_	26	discourse	_	_
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	vocative	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
28	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	grieveth	grieve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
31	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	much	much	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	sakes	sake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	_
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
37	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	44	mark	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	44	aux:pass	_	_
44	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	advcl	_	_
45	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	44	advmod	_	_
46	against	against	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	obl	_	_
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
49	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: suggest
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- indirect: yes
- teacher: changed act=suggest, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tarry** | would | ye |  |  |  |  | for sons *= son*; my daughters *vocative* | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | past · passive |  | sons *= son* |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **shut off** | would | ye | yourselves |  |  |  | for sons *= son* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent yourselves=Patient |
| 4 | **have** | infinitive | ye *not said here* | no husbands |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient |
| 5 | **grieve** | present | hope | me |  |  |  | for your sakes | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer |
| 6 | **go** | present · passive |  | the hand of the LORD |  |  |  | against me; forth *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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הֲלָהֵ֣ן ׀ תְּשַׂבֵּ֗רְנָה עַ֚ד אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִגְדָּ֔לוּ הֲלָהֵן֙ תֵּֽעָגֵ֔נָה לְבִלְתִּ֖י הֱי֣וֹת לְאִ֑ישׁ אַ֣ל בְּנֹתַ֗י כִּֽי־מַר־לִ֤י מְאֹד֙ מִכֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־יָצְאָ֥ה בִ֖י יַד־יְהוָֽה׃

[Ruth 1:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.1.13/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:RUT:15` of Mova's parse database.

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