--- title: Ruth 3:11 (JPS 1917) — And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou saye… · tree and pragmatics description: And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou sayest; for all the men in the gate of my people do know that thou art a virtuous woman. Who acts: you, I, thou, men. 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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, I, thou, men), 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:61 # text = And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou sayest; for all the men in the gate of my people do know that thou art a virtuous woman. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 fear fear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obl _ _ 15 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 obj _ _ 16 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 obj _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sayest say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 34 nsubj _ _ 34 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 virtuous virtuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **fear** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | now | my daughter *vocative* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **do** | future | I | all | | | | to thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | thou | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic | | 4 | **know** | present · do-support | all men in the gate of my people | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | present | | a virtuous woman | | | | | 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} וְעַתָּ֗ה בִּתִּי֙ אַל־תִּ֣ירְאִ֔י כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־תֹּאמְרִ֖י אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לָּ֑ךְ כִּ֤י יוֹדֵ֙עַ֙ כָּל־שַׁ֣עַר עַמִּ֔י כִּ֛י אֵ֥שֶׁת חַ֖יִל אָֽתְּ׃ [Ruth 3:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:RUT:61` 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 3:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.60/) - next →: [Ruth 3:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.62/) - ↑ back to [Ruth 3:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.11/)