Psalms 54:1 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2
Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul: 'Doth not David hide himself with us?' O God, save me by Thy name, and right me by Thy might.
Who acts: Ziphites, David, Thy · What happens: come, say, not hide, save, right, name · To what, where: Saul, David, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Psalms 54:1 · 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 (Ziphites, David, Thy), 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 | Maschil | Maschil | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 David | case |
| 3 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Maschil | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 came | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Ziphites | det |
| 7 | Ziphites | Ziphite | PROPN | Number=Plur | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Maschil | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 said | cc |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Saul | case |
| 12 | Saul | Saul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 18 hide | punct |
| 14 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 hide | punct |
| 15 | Doth | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 hide | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 hide | advmod |
| 17 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 hide | nsubj |
| 18 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | ccomp |
| 19 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 hide | obj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 us | case |
| 21 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 18 hide | obl |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 18 hide | punct |
| 23 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 18 hide | punct |
| 24 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 25 God | discourse |
| 25 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 save | vocative |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 save | punct |
| 27 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | parataxis |
| 28 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 save | obj |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 name | case |
| 30 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 31 name | nmod:poss |
| 31 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 save | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 me | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 me | cc |
| 34 | right | right | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 save | conj |
| 35 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 right | obj |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 38 might | case |
| 37 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 38 might | nmod:poss |
| 38 | might | might | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 right | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Maschil | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- other
- act
- narrate
- voice
- character
- polarity
- none
- indirect
- yes
- teacher
- changed form=other, act=narrate
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the Ziphites | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the Ziphites not said here | Saul | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to saul=Experiencer clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | not hide | present · do-support | David | David | with us | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | |||
| 4 | save | infinitive | me | by Thy name; God vocative | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 5 | right | infinitive | me | by Thy might | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | name | Thy | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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
לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינֹ֗ת מַשְׂכִּ֥יל לְדָוִֽד׃
Psalms 54:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- For the Leader; with string-music.
- Maschil of David: when the Ziphites came and said to Saul: 'Doth not David hide himself with us?' O God, save me by Thy name, and right me by Thy might.
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:PSA:884 of Mova's parse database.
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