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title: Jonah 1:10 — Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him: 'What is th… · Hebrew, tree and pragmatics
description: Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him: 'What is this that thou hast done?' For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. Who acts: men, thou, man. Jonah 1:10 in Hebrew with its dependency tree, Targum Jonathan, JPS 1917 and the pragmatics of
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# Jonah 1:10 יוֹנָה

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**Who acts:** men, thou, man · **What happens:** be, say, do, know, flee, tell · **To what, where:** this, presence, lots · **Speech:** someone speaks in this verse

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This is Jonah 1:10 from Mova's open Bible corpus, the Tanakh in three languages (Nevi'im — the Prophets). The page gives the verse in Hebrew as the Westminster Leningrad Codex has it, its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, built from MACULA Hebrew — and its pragmatics: who acts — men, thou, man — and what happens in the verse to this, presence, lots, read clause by clause by Mova's frames. Beside it stand the Aramaic of Targum Jonathan and the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, each English sentence with a tree of its own. It is one of the 4 chapters of Jonah on this site, all built by Mova itself from its own trees, with no large model in between.

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וַיִּֽירְא֤וּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ יִרְאָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלָ֖יו מַה־זֹּ֣את עָשִׂ֑יתָ כִּֽי־יָדְע֣וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים כִּֽי־מִלִּפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ ה֣וּא בֹרֵ֔חַ כִּ֥י הִגִּ֖יד לָהֶֽם׃

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[Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him: 'What is this that thou hast done?' For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JON.10/)

## The tree {#tree}

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Right to left, as the Hebrew is read; a prefix or suffix is a word of its own, and a line under the words joins those written as one. Under each word its part of speech and MACULA's English gloss.

```conllu rtl gloss
# sent_id = wlc:JON:9
# text = וַיִּֽירְא֤וּ הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ יִרְאָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֵלָ֖יו מַה־זֹּ֣את עָשִׂ֑יתָ כִּֽי־יָדְע֣וּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים כִּֽי־מִלִּפְנֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ ה֣וּא בֹרֵ֔חַ כִּ֥י הִגִּ֖יד לָהֶֽם׃
# verse = JON.1.10
1-2	וַיִּֽירְא֤וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
1	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	2	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JON_1:10!1|MId=o320010100011|Strong=2050b
2	יִּֽירְא֤וּ	יָרֵא	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	0	root	_	Gloss=they.feared|Ref=JON_1:10!1|MId=o320010100012|Strong=3372|Frame=A0:320010100022;|Type=wayyiqtol
3-4	הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
3	הָֽ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	4	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JON_1:10!2|MId=o320010100021|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
4	אֲנָשִׁים֙	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	Gloss=men|Ref=JON_1:10!2|MId=o320010100022|Strong=0376
5	יִרְאָ֣ה	יִרְאָה	NOUN	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	2	obl	_	Gloss=a.fear|Ref=JON_1:10!3|MId=o320010100031|Strong=3374
6	גְדוֹלָ֔ה	גָּדוֹל	ADJ	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	5	amod	_	Gloss=great|Ref=JON_1:10!4|MId=o320010100041|Strong=1419|Type=adjective
7-8	וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	וַ	וְ	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	Gloss=and|Ref=JON_1:10!5|MId=o320010100051|Strong=2050b
8	יֹּאמְר֥וּ	אָמַר	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	2	conj	_	Gloss=they.said|Ref=JON_1:10!5|MId=o320010100052|Strong=0559|Frame=A0:320010100022;|Type=wayyiqtol
9-10	אֵלָ֖יו	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
9	אֵלָ֖י	אֶל	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JON_1:10!6|MId=o320010100061|Strong=0413
10	ו	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	Gloss=him|Ref=JON_1:10!6|MId=o320010100062|Strong=2050c|Type=pronominal
11	מַה־	מָה	PRON	_	PronType=Int	8	ccomp	_	Gloss=what?|Ref=JON_1:10!7|MId=o320010100071|Strong=4100|Type=interrogative|SpaceAfter=No
12	זֹּ֣את	זֹאת	PRON	_	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	Gloss=this|Ref=JON_1:10!8|MId=o320010100081|Strong=2063|Type=demonstrative
13	עָשִׂ֑יתָ	עָשָׂה	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing|Person=2	12	acl	_	Gloss=have.you.done|Ref=JON_1:10!9|MId=o320010100091|Strong=6213|Frame=A0:320010070181;A1:320010100081;|Type=qatal
14	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	15	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=JON_1:10!10|MId=o320010100101|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
15	יָדְע֣וּ	יָדַע	VERB	_	Gender=Com|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Plur|Person=3	11	advcl	_	Gloss=they.knew|Ref=JON_1:10!11|MId=o320010100111|Strong=3045|Frame=A0:320010100122;A1:320010100171;|Type=qatal
16-17	הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
16	הָ	הַ	DET	_	PronType=Art	17	det	_	Gloss=the|Ref=JON_1:10!12|MId=o320010100121|Strong=1886a|Type=definite_article
17	אֲנָשִׁ֗ים	אִישׁ	NOUN	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	Gloss=men|Ref=JON_1:10!12|MId=o320010100122|Strong=0376
18	כִּֽי־	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	24	mark	_	Gloss=(dm).that|Ref=JON_1:10!13|MId=o320010100131|Strong=3588|SpaceAfter=No
19-21	מִלִּפְנֵ֤י	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
19	מִ	מִן	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=from|Ref=JON_1:10!14|MId=o320010100141|Strong=4480
20	לִּ	לְ	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	Gloss=|Ref=JON_1:10!14|MId=o320010100142|Strong=3807a
21	פְנֵ֤י	פָּנֶה	NOUN	_	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	Gloss=before|Ref=JON_1:10!14|MId=o320010100143|Strong=6440
22	יְהוָה֙	יהוה	PROPN	_	_	21	compound:smixut	_	Gloss=Yahweh|Ref=JON_1:10!15|MId=o320010100151|Strong=3068
23	ה֣וּא	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	Gloss=he|Ref=JON_1:10!16|MId=o320010100161|Strong=1931|Type=personal
24	בֹרֵ֔חַ	בָּרַח	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=QAL|Number=Sing	15	ccomp	_	Gloss=[was].fleeing|Ref=JON_1:10!17|MId=o320010100171|Strong=1272|Frame=A0:320010100161;|Type=participle_active
25	כִּ֥י	כִּי	SCONJ	_	_	26	mark	_	Gloss=(dm)|Ref=JON_1:10!18|MId=o320010100181|Strong=3588
26	הִגִּ֖יד	נָגַד	VERB	_	Gender=Masc|HebBinyan=HIPHIL|Number=Sing|Person=3	11	advcl	_	Gloss=he.had.told|Ref=JON_1:10!19|MId=o320010100191|Strong=5046|Frame=A0:320010070181;|Type=qatal
27-28	לָהֶֽם	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
27	ל	לְ	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	Gloss=to|Ref=JON_1:10!20|MId=o320010100201|Strong=3807a
28	ָהֶֽם	הוּא	PRON	_	Gender=Masc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	Gloss=them|Ref=JON_1:10!20|MId=o320010100202|Strong=3963a|Type=pronominal
29	׃	׃	PUNCT	_	_	28	punct	_	Ref=JON_1:10!20
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: wh-question
- act: ask
- voice: character
- speech: a frame and its quote
- negation: no
- the frame alone: decl · narrate · none

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| verb | form · stem | who (A0) | what, whom (A1) | to whom, further (A2) | who makes it happen (AA) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| יִּֽירְאוּ *they feared* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |  |  |  |
| יֹּאמְרוּ *they said* | wayyiqtol · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* |  |  |  |
| עָשִׂיתָ *have you done* | qatal · qal |  | זֹּאת *this* |  |  |
| יָדְעוּ *they knew* | qatal · qal | אֲנָשִׁים *men* | בֹרֵחַ *\[was\] fleeing* |  |  |
| בֹרֵחַ *\[was\] fleeing* | participle active · qal | הוּא *he* |  |  |  |
| הִגִּיד *he had told* | qatal · hiphil |  |  |  |  |

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MACULA's semantic frames: for each verb the head word of each participant. A0 is the one who acts, A1 what the act is done to or is about, A2 a further participant; AA, with a causative verb, the one who makes it happen.

## Targum Jonathan {#onkelos}

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וּדְחִילוּ גַבְרַיָא דְחִילָא רַבָּא וַאֲמָרוּ לֵיהּ מַה דָא עַבַדְתָּא אֲרֵי יְדָעוּ גוּבְרַיָא אֲרֵי מִן קֳדָם יְיָ הוּא עָרֵיק אֲרֵי חַוֵי לְהוֹן:

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The Aramaic translation read beside the Hebrew. Text only: Mova has no Aramaic parser yet.

## English, JPS 1917 {#english}

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Each sentence on its own page, with its tree and pragmatics. A sentence that runs on into the next verse is listed under the verse it begins in.

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1. [Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him: 'What is this that thou hast done?' For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JON.10/)

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**Hebrew text:** Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain. **Tree, glosses and frames:** MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets, available at [github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew](https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-hebrew/), [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); converted to Universal Dependencies by Mova (words in text order, a prefix its own word). **Speech act:** Mova's rules on the MACULA words (`macula prag`). **Targum:** Onkelos (Torat Emet), Jonathan and the Writings (Mikraot Gedolot), from Sefaria, public domain.

**English:** JPS 1917, public domain; trees and speech acts by Mova's cycle, frames by Mova's reader (Elamur Cosmic License).

Hebrew sentence `wlc:JON:9`.

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