--- title: Ruth 2:14 (JPS 1917) — And Boaz said unto her at meal-time: 'Come hither, and eat of the br… · tree and pragmatics description: And Boaz said unto her at meal-time: 'Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.' And she sat beside the reapers; and they reached her parched corn, and she did eat and was satisfied, and left thereof. Who acts: Boaz, reapers. 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And she sat beside the reapers; and they reached her parched corn, and she did eat and was satisfied, and left thereof. **Who acts:** Boaz, reapers · **What happens:** say, come, eat, dip, sit, reach · **To what, where:** morsel, vinegar, reapers, parched corn · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ruth 2:14 · 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 (Boaz, reapers), 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:40 # text = And Boaz said unto her at meal-time: 'Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar.' And she sat beside the reapers; and they reached her parched corn, and she did eat and was satisfied, and left thereof. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Boaz Boaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Come come VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 13 hither hither ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 dip dip VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 morsel morsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 vinegar vinegar NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 30 And and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 beside beside ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 reapers reaper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 parched parch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 conj _ _ 54 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Boaz | | | | time | unto Israel | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **come** | infinitive | | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **eat** | infinitive | | | | | | of the bread | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent of bread=Source | | 4 | **dip** | infinitive | | thy morsel | | the vinegar | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent morsel=Theme in vinegar=Trajectory | | 5 | **sit** | past | Boaz | | | the reapers | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside reaper=Location | | 6 | **reach** | past | reapers *= reaper* | Boaz's parched corn | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent corn=Theme | | 7 | **parch** | participle | | | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **eat** | past · do-support | Boaz | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | Boaz *not said here* | | | | | satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **leave** | past | Boaz *not said here* | | | | | thereof *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} וַיֹּאמֶר֩ לָ֨ה בֹ֜עַז לְעֵ֣ת הָאֹ֗כֶל גֹּ֤שִֽׁי הֲלֹם֙ וְאָכַ֣לְתְּ מִן־הַלֶּ֔חֶם וְטָבַ֥לְתְּ פִּתֵּ֖ךְ בַּחֹ֑מֶץ וַתֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ מִצַּ֣ד הַקּֽוֹצְרִ֔ים וַיִּצְבָּט־לָ֣הּ קָלִ֔י וַתֹּ֥אכַל וַתִּשְׂבַּ֖ע וַתֹּתַֽר׃ [Ruth 2:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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