--- title: Jonah 1:12 (JPS 1917) — And he said unto them: 'Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea;… · tree and pragmatics description: And he said unto them: 'Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.' Who acts: sea, I. 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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 (sea, 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:JON:12 # text = And he said unto them: 'Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.' 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 7 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 cast cast VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 forth forth ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 20 so so ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 cop _ _ 25 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 26 unto unto ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 tempest tempest NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 ccomp _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 43 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sea | | | | | unto lots *= lot* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **take up** | infinitive | | | me | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 3 | **cast** | infinitive | | me | | the sea | | forth *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent i=Material into sea=Product | | 4 | **is** | shall | the sea | | | | | unto you; calm *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | for my sake | 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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם שָׂא֙וּנִי֙ וַהֲטִילֻ֣נִי אֶל־הַיָּ֔ם וְיִשְׁתֹּ֥ק הַיָּ֖ם מֵֽעֲלֵיכֶ֑ם כִּ֚י יוֹדֵ֣עַ אָ֔נִי כִּ֣י בְשֶׁלִּ֔י הַסַּ֧עַר הַגָּד֛וֹל הַזֶּ֖ה עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ [Jonah 1:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.1.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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