--- title: Ruth 2:18 (JPS 1917) — And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law sa… · tree and pragmatics description: And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was satisfied. Who acts: Boaz, mother. 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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 (Boaz, mother), 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:44 # text = And she took it up, and went into the city; and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought forth and gave to her that which she had left after she was satisfied. 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 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 into into ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ _ 19 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 obj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 gleaned glean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 forth forth ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obj _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 obj _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 after after SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 advcl _ _ 43 . . 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 | **take up** | past | Boaz | even | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **go** | past | Boaz *not said here* | | | the city | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into city=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **see** | past | Boaz's mother in law | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **glean** | past · perfect | Boaz | | | | | | vn learn-14-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 5 | **bring** | past | Boaz | | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **give** | past | Boaz *not said here* | that | Boaz | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Theme to she=Recipient | | 7 | **leave** | past · perfect | Boaz | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | Boaz | | | | | satisfied *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} וַתִּשָּׂא֙ וַתָּב֣וֹא הָעִ֔יר וַתֵּ֥רֶא חֲמוֹתָ֖הּ אֵ֣ת אֲשֶׁר־לִקֵּ֑טָה וַתּוֹצֵא֙ וַתִּתֶּן־לָ֔הּ אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־הוֹתִ֖רָה מִשָּׂבְעָֽהּ׃ [Ruth 2:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:RUT:44` 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 2:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.43/) - next →: [Ruth 2:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.45/) - ↑ back to [Ruth 2:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.2.18/)