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title: Ruth 4:11 (JPS 1917) — The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and… · tree and pragmatics
description: The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem; Who acts: LORD, woman, two, thou. Ruth 4:11 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause.
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# Ruth 4:11 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2

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The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem;

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**Who acts:** LORD, woman, two, thou · **What happens:** make, come, build, do, be · **To what, where:** woman, house, Ephrath, Beth lehem

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This is Ruth 4:11 · 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 (LORD, woman, two, thou), 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:82
# text = The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem;
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	LORD	LORD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Rachel	Rachel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Leah	Leah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	det	_	_
19	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nsubj	_	_
20	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
21	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl:relcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
26	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	do	do	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
29	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	28	nsubj	_	_
30	worthily	worthily	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Ephrath	Ephrath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
35	be	be	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	_	_
36	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	conj	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	Beth	Beth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	40	punct	_	_
40	lehem	lehem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
41	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: express
- voice: character
- polarity: pos
- teacher: changed act=express, voice=character

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the LORD | the woman |  |  |  | like Rachel and Leah | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Product |
| 2 | **come** | present · passive | the woman |  |  | thy house |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into house=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **build** | past · do-support | which two | the house of Israel |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset house=Product |
| 4 | **do** | infinitive | thou |  |  | Ephrath |  | worthily *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | infinitive | thou *not said here* |  |  | Beth lehem |  | famous *property* | tree rules |

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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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וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ כָּל־הָעָ֧ם אֲשֶׁר־בַּשַּׁ֛עַר וְהַזְּקֵנִ֖ים עֵדִ֑ים יִתֵּן֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֶֽת־הָאִשָּׁ֜ה הַבָּאָ֣ה אֶל־בֵּיתֶ֗ךָ כְּרָחֵ֤ל ׀ וּכְלֵאָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בָּנ֤וּ שְׁתֵּיהֶם֙ אֶת־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַעֲשֵׂה־חַ֣יִל בְּאֶפְרָ֔תָה וּקְרָא־שֵׁ֖ם בְּבֵ֥ית לָֽחֶם בֵ֥ית לָֽחֶם׃

[Ruth 4:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/RUT.4.11/)

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This verse in JPS 1917:

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1. [And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said: 'We are witnesses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/RUT.81/)
2. **The LORD make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel; and do thou worthily in Ephrath, and be famous in Beth-lehem;**

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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:82` of Mova's parse database.

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