--- title: Ruth 2:3 (JPS 1917) — And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; a… · tree and pragmatics description: And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. Who acts: Naomi, hap, portion, Boaz. 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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 (Naomi, hap, portion, Boaz), 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:28 # text = And she went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and her hap was to light on the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 gleaned glean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 reapers reaper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hap hap NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 light light VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 belonging belong VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 29 unto unto ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 Boaz Boaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 acl:relcl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Elimelech Elimelech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **go** | past | Naomi | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | Naomi *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **glean** | past | Naomi *not said here* | | | the field | after the reapers | | vn learn-14-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | past | | Naomi's hap | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **light** | to-infinitive | Naomi's hap | | | the portion of the field | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **belong** | gerund | the portion of the field *not said here* | | | | | unto Boaz | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | Boaz | | | | | of the family; of Elimelech | 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} וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ וַתָּבוֹא֙ וַתְּלַקֵּ֣ט בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה אַחֲרֵ֖י הַקֹּצְרִ֑ים וַיִּ֣קֶר מִקְרֶ֔הָ חֶלְקַ֤ת הַשָּׂדֶה֙ לְבֹ֔עַז אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת אֱלִימֶֽלֶךְ׃ [Ruth 2:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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