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title: Ruth 3:3 (JPS 1917) — Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon th… · tree and pragmatics
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# Ruth 3:3 · JPS 1917

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Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor; but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.

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**Who acts:** you, thyself, Boaz · **What happens:** wash, anoint, put, get down, not make, not know · **To what, where:** thyself, thee, raiment

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This is Ruth 3:3 · 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 (you, thyself, 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:53
# text = Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor; but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
1	Wash	wash	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	1	obj	_	_
3	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	anoint	anoint	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	6	obj	_	_
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	raiment	raiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	10	obl	_	_
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
18	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	obj	_	_
19	down	down	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
22	threshing	threshing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	_
24	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
26	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	27	advmod	_	_
29	thyself	thyself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes|Style=Arch	27	obj	_	_
30	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	xcomp	_	_
31	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
35	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
36	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
37	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
38	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	aux	_	_
39	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	advcl	_	_
40	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	39	xcomp	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	drinking	drink	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	40	conj	_	_
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: command
- act: request
- voice: character
- polarity: none
- teacher: changed voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | imperative | you *not said here* | thyself |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thyself=Patient |
| 2 | **anoint** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |
| 3 | **put** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thy raiment |  | thee |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent raiment=Theme upon thou=Destination |
| 4 | **get down** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thee |  |  |  | to the threshing floor; down *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **not** **make** | infinitive | you *not said here* | thyself |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **know** | participle | thyself *not said here* |  |  |  |  | unto the man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **do** | shall · perfect | Boaz |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **eat** | gerund | Boaz *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **drink** | gerund | Boaz *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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וְרָחַ֣צְתְּ ׀ וָסַ֗כְתְּ וְשַׂ֧מְתְּ שִׂמְלֹתַ֛יִךְ עָלַ֖יִךְ וְיָרַ֣דְתְּ הַגֹּ֑רֶן אַל־תִּוָּדְעִ֣י לָאִ֔ישׁ עַ֥ד כַּלֹּת֖וֹ לֶאֱכֹ֥ל וְלִשְׁתּֽוֹת׃

[Ruth 3:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.3/)

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