--- title: Jonah 1:3 (JPS 1917) — But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LOR… · tree and pragmatics description: But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish, from the presence of the LORD. Who acts: Jonah, ship. 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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 (Jonah, ship), 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:2 # text = But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD; and he went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish, from the presence of the LORD. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 Jonah Jonah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADV RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Tarshish Tarshish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 down down ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Joppa Joppa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 acl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Tarshish Tarshish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 so so ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 paid pay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fare fare NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 40 down down ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 unto unto ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Tarshish Tarshish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rise up** | past | Jonah | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **flee** | to-infinitive | Jonah *not said here* | | | the presence of the LORD | | unto Tarshish | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from presence=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **go down** | past | Jonah | | Joppa | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 4 | **find** | past | Jonah *not said here* | a ship | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Topic | | 5 | **go** | gerund | a ship *not said here* | | | Tarshish | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tarshish=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **pay** | past | Jonah | the fare | | | | thereof *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fare=Asset | | 7 | **go down** | past | Jonah *not said here* | | | fare | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 8 | **go** | to-infinitive | Jonah *not said here* | | | the presence of the LORD | | with them *= they*; unto Tarshish | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from presence=Initial\_Location | 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} וַיָּ֤קָם יוֹנָה֙ לִבְרֹ֣חַ תַּרְשִׁ֔ישָׁה מִלִּפְנֵ֖י יְהוָ֑ה וַיֵּ֨רֶד יָפ֜וֹ וַיִּמְצָ֥א אָנִיָּ֣ה ׀ בָּאָ֣ה תַרְשִׁ֗ישׁ וַיִּתֵּ֨ן שְׂכָרָ֜הּ וַיֵּ֤רֶד בָּהּ֙ לָב֤וֹא עִמָּהֶם֙ תַּרְשִׁ֔ישָׁה מִלִּפְנֵ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ [Jonah 1:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.1.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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