Psalms 138:7 · JPS 1917
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou quickenest me; Thou stretchest forth Thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand doth save me.
Who acts: I, Thou, right hand · What happens: walk, quicken, stretch, save · To what, where: midst, me, hand
This is Psalms 138:7 · JPS 1917 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 (I, Thou, right hand), 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 | Though | though | SCONJ | _ | 3 walk | mark |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 walk | nsubj |
| 3 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 quickenest | advcl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 midst | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 midst | det |
| 6 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 walk | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 trouble | case |
| 8 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 midst | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 walk | punct |
| 10 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 quickenest | nsubj |
| 11 | quickenest | quicken | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 quickenest | obj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 stretchest | punct |
| 14 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 stretchest | nsubj |
| 15 | stretchest | stretch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 quickenest | conj |
| 16 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 15 stretchest | advmod |
| 17 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 18 hand | nmod:poss |
| 18 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stretchest | obj |
| 19 | against | against | ADP | _ | 21 wrath | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 wrath | det |
| 21 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stretchest | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 enemies | case |
| 23 | mine | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 24 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 24 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 wrath | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 save | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 save | cc |
| 27 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 29 hand | nmod:poss |
| 28 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 hand | amod |
| 29 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 save | nsubj |
| 30 | doth | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 save | aux |
| 31 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 quickenest | conj |
| 32 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 31 save | obj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 quickenest | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- express
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- changed act=express
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | present | I | the midst of trouble | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | quicken | present | Thou | me | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient | ||||
| 3 | stretch | present | Thou | Thy hand | against the wrath of mine enemies; forth property | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | |||
| 4 | save | present · do-support | Thy right hand | me | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
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
אִם־אֵלֵ֤ךְ ׀ בְּקֶ֥רֶב צָרָ֗ה תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי עַ֤ל אַ֣ף אֹ֭יְבַיתִּשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ וְת֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי יְמִינֶֽךָ׃
Psalms 138:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:PSA:2521 of Mova's parse database.
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