--- title: Ruth 4:4 (JPS 1917) — If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if it will not be redeemed, t… · tree and pragmatics description: If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if it will not be redeemed, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee.' And he said: 'I will redeem it.' Who acts: thou, you, I, none. 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And he said: 'I will redeem it.' **Who acts:** thou, you, I, none, Naomi · **What happens:** redeem, not redeem, tell, know, be, say · **To what, where:** parcel, me, thee · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Ruth 4:4 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2 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 (thou, you, I, none), 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:74 # text = If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if it will not be redeemed, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee.' And he said: 'I will redeem it.' 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 7 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 redeemed redeem VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 19 advmod _ _ 19 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 30 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 29 nsubj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 beside beside ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 obl _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 conj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 44 And and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 47 : : PUNCT : _ 51 punct _ _ 48 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 redeem redeem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 ccomp _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: agree - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=agree | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **redeem** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | thou | parcel | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **redeem** | imperative | you *not said here* | parcel | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **not** **redeem** *a condition, not said to happen* | future · passive | | parcel | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | me | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **know** | may | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **be** | present | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **redeem** | to-infinitive | none *not said here* | parcel | | thee | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | I | | | | after thee | | tree rules | | 9 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Naomi | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 10 | **redeem** | future | I | parcel | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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} וַאֲנִ֨י אָמַ֜רְתִּי אֶגְלֶ֧ה אָזְנְךָ֣ לֵאמֹ֗ר קְ֠נֵה נֶ֥גֶד הַֽיֹּשְׁבִים֮ וְנֶ֣גֶד זִקְנֵ֣י עַמִּי֒ אִם־תִּגְאַל֙ גְּאָ֔ל וְאִם־לֹ֨א יִגְאַ֜ל הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֗י וְאֵֽדְעָה֙ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין זוּלָֽתְךָ֙ לִגְא֔וֹל וְאָנֹכִ֖י אַחֲרֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אָנֹכִ֥י אֶגְאָֽל׃ [Ruth 4:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.4/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [and I thought to disclose it unto thee, saying: Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.73/) 2. **If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it; but if it will not be redeemed, then tell me, that I may know; for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee.' And he said: 'I will redeem it.'** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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