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title: Ruth 3:13 (JPS 1917) — Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will pe… · tree and pragmatics
description: Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part; but if he be not willing to do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth; lie down until the morning.'
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# Ruth 3:13 · JPS 1917

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Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part; but if he be not willing to do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth; lie down until the morning.'

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**Who acts:** you, kinsman, man, I, LORD · **What happens:** tarry, be, perform, let, do, not be · **To what, where:** part, man

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This is Ruth 3:13 · 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, kinsman, man, 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:63
# text = Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part; but if he be not willing to do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth; lie down until the morning.'
1	Tarry	tarry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
7	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	advcl	_	_
18	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	17	obl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	kinsman	kinsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	well	well	INTJ	UH	_	28	discourse	_	_
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
28	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	xcomp	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	kinsman	kinsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	_
33	's	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
35	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	55	punct	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
37	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	41	mark	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	41	nsubj	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	cop	_	_
40	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	41	advmod	_	_
41	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	advcl	_	_
42	to	to	PART	TO	_	43	mark	_	_
43	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	xcomp	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	kinsman	kinsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	43	obl	_	_
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
52	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	55	advmod	_	_
53	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
54	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	kinsman	kinsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
61	to	to	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	55	obl	_	_
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
66	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	67	nsubj	_	_
67	liveth	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	55	advcl	_	_
68	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	69	punct	_	_
69	lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
70	down	down	ADV	RB	_	69	advmod	_	_
71	until	until	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obl	_	_
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
75	'	'	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 | **tarry** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | shall | kinsman |  |  |  | in the morning |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **perform** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | man | the part of a kinsman |  |  |  | unto thee | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme |
| 4 | **let** | infinitive |  | man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** | infinitive | man *not said here* | the kinsman's part |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Eventuality |
| 6 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | man |  |  |  |  | willing *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **do** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | the part of a kinsman |  |  |  | to thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Eventuality |
| 8 | **do** | future | I | the part of a kinsman |  |  | then | to thee | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Eventuality |
| 9 | **live** | present | the LORD |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **lie down** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | morning | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «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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לִ֣ינִי ׀ הַלַּ֗יְלָה וְהָיָ֤ה בַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ אִם־יִגְאָלֵ֥ךְ טוֹב֙ יִגְאָ֔ל וְאִם־לֹ֨א יַחְפֹּ֧ץ לְגָֽאֳלֵ֛ךְ וּגְאַלְתִּ֥יךְ אָנֹ֖כִי חַי־יְהוָ֑ה שִׁכְבִ֖י עַד־הַבֹּֽקֶר׃

[Ruth 3:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.3.13/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:RUT:63` 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.

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