Psalms 126:1 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion, we were like unto them that dream.
Who acts: LORD, we · What happens: bring back, return, be, dream · To what, where: those, Zion
This is Psalms 126:1 · 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, we), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 brought | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 LORD | det |
| 3 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | nsubj |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 them | advcl |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 brought | advmod |
| 6 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 brought | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 returned | nsubj |
| 8 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 those | acl:relcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Zion | case |
| 10 | Zion | Zion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 returned | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 them | punct |
| 12 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 them | nsubj |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 them | cop |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 them | case |
| 15 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 16 them | case |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 dream | nsubj |
| 18 | dream | dream | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 them | acl:relcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 them | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | past | the LORD | those | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent that=Theme | ||||
| 2 | return | past | Zion | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to zion=Result | |||||
| 3 | is | past | we | like Ascents = ascent | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | dream | present | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
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
שִׁ֗יר הַֽמַּ֫עֲל֥וֹתבְּשׁ֣וּב יְ֭הוָה אֶת־שִׁיבַ֣ת צִיּ֑וֹן הָ֝יִ֗ינוּ כְּחֹלְמִֽים׃
Psalms 126:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- A Song of Ascents.
- When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion, we were like unto them that dream.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:PSA:2390 of Mova's parse database.
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