Psalms 27:4 · JPS 1917
One thing have I asked of the LORD, that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the graciousness of the LORD, and to visit early in His temple.
Who acts: I · What happens: ask, seek, dwell, behold, visit · To what, where: One thing, house, graciousness, temple
This is Psalms 27:4 · 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), 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 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 thing | nummod |
| 2 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | obj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 asked | aux |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 asked | nsubj |
| 5 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 LORD | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 LORD | det |
| 8 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 asked | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 seek | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 seek | obj |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 seek | aux |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 seek | nsubj |
| 13 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thing | acl:relcl |
| 14 | after | after | ADV | _ | 13 seek | advmod |
| 15 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 19 dwell | punct |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 dwell | mark |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 dwell | nsubj |
| 18 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 dwell | aux |
| 19 | dwell | dwell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thing | acl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 house | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 house | det |
| 22 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 dwell | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 LORD | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 LORD | det |
| 25 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 house | nmod |
| 26 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 days | det:predet |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 days | det |
| 28 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 dwell | obl:unmarked |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 life | case |
| 30 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 life | nmod:poss |
| 31 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 days | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 behold | punct |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 behold | mark |
| 34 | behold | behold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 dwell | advcl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 graciousness | det |
| 36 | graciousness | graciousness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 behold | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 LORD | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 LORD | det |
| 39 | LORD | LORD | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 graciousness | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 visit | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 visit | cc |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 visit | mark |
| 43 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 behold | conj |
| 44 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 43 visit | advmod |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 temple | case |
| 46 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 temple | nmod:poss |
| 47 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 visit | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 asked | 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 | ask speech: ask | present · perfect | I | One thing | of the LORD | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | |||
| 2 | seek | future | I | One thing | after property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | |||
| 3 | dwell | may | I | One thing not said here | the house of the LORD | day | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme thing=Location | ||
| 4 | behold | to-infinitive | I not said here | the graciousness of the LORD | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer graciousness=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | visit | to-infinitive | I not said here | war's temple | early property | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: 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
אַחַ֤ת ׀ שָׁאַ֣לְתִּי מֵֽאֵת־יְהוָה֮ אוֹתָ֪הּ אֲבַ֫קֵּ֥שׁ שִׁבְתִּ֣י בְּבֵית־יְ֭הוָה כָּל־יְמֵ֣י חַיַּ֑י לַחֲז֥וֹת בְּנֹֽעַם־יְ֝הוָ֗ה וּלְבַקֵּ֥ר בְּהֵיכָלֽוֹ׃
Psalms 27:4: 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:399 of Mova's parse database.
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