--- title: Jonah 1:14 (JPS 1917) — Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said: 'We beseech Thee, O LO… · tree and pragmatics description: Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said: 'We beseech Thee, O LORD, we beseech Thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for Thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased Thee.' Who acts: lots, We, us, Thou. 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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 (lots, We, us, 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:JON:14 # text = Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said: 'We beseech Thee, O LORD, we beseech Thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for Thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased Thee.' 1 Wherefore wherefore ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 12 We we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 beseech beseech VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 14 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 O o INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 vocative _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 beseech beseech VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 21 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 24 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 26 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 's 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 42 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 48 nsubj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 O o INTJ UH _ 45 discourse _ _ 45 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 appos _ _ 46 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 47 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 pleased pleased VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 52 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 51 obj _ _ 53 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: offer - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | lots *= lot* | | | | | unto the LORD; wherefore *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lots *= lot* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **beseech** | present | We | Thee | | | | LORD *vocative* | tree rules | | 4 | **beseech** | present | we | Thee | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **let** | infinitive | We *not said here* | us | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **perish** | infinitive | us *not said here* | | | | | for this man's life | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 7 | **not** **lay** | infinitive | We *not said here* | innocent blood | | | | upon us | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blood=Theme upon we=Destination | | 8 | **do** | present · perfect | Thou | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pleased** | past | blood | Thee | | | | | 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} וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ אֶל־יְהוָ֜ה וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ אַל־נָ֣א נֹאבְדָ֗ה בְּנֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ הָאִ֣ישׁ הַזֶּ֔ה וְאַל־תִּתֵּ֥ן עָלֵ֖ינוּ דָּ֣ם נָקִ֑יא כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר חָפַ֖צְתָּ עָשִֽׂיתָ׃ [Jonah 1:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.1.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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