--- title: Ruth 2:9 (JPS 1917) — Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after… · tree and pragmatics description: Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.' Who acts: you, eyes, thou, I. 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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, eyes, thou, I), 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:35 # text = Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them; have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.' 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 xcomp _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 reap reap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 15 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 parataxis _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|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 touch touch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 ccomp _ _ 31 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 30 obj _ _ 32 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 35 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nsubj _ _ 36 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 athirst athirst ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 39 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 40 unto unto ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 vessels vessel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 drink drink VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 obl _ _ 48 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 50 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj _ _ 52 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 acl:relcl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | thine eyes | | | the field | | | tree rules | | 3 | **reap** | present · do-support | eyes *= eye* | the field | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | thou | | | | after eyes *= eye* | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **charge** | present · perfect | I | the young men | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **touch** | shall | eyes *= eye* | thee | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thou=Co-Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | thou | | | | | athirst *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | unto the vessels | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **drink** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | of that | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of that=Source | | 10 | **draw** | present · perfect | the young men | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | 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} עֵינַ֜יִךְ בַּשָּׂדֶ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־יִקְצֹרוּן֙ וְהָלַ֣כְתִּאַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ן הֲל֥וֹא צִוִּ֛יתִי אֶת־הַנְּעָרִ֖ים לְבִלְתִּ֣י נָגְעֵ֑ךְ וְצָמִ֗ת וְהָלַכְתְּ֙ אֶל־הַכֵּלִ֔ים וְשָׁתִ֕ית מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשְׁאֲב֖וּן הַנְּעָרִֽים׃ [Ruth 2:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:RUT:35` 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: [Ruth 2:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.34/) - next →: [Ruth 2:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.36/) - ↑ back to [Ruth 2:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.9/)