--- title: Proverbs 6:22 (JPS 1917) — When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shal… · tree and pragmatics description: When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. Who acts: thou, neck. 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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 (thou, neck), 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:PRO:163 # text = When thou walkest, it shall lead thee, when thou liest down, it shall watch over thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walkest walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 when when SCONJ WRB _ 12 mark _ _ 11 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 12 liest lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 13 down down ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 17 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 22 when when SCONJ WRB _ 24 mark _ _ 23 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nsubj _ _ 24 awakest awake VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 obl _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character, act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | thou | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lead** | shall | neck | thee | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 3 | **lie down** | present | thou | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **watch** | shall | neck | | | thee | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over thou=Location | | 5 | **awake** | present | thou | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **talk** | shall | neck | | | | | with thee | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with thou=Co-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 {#hebrew} בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ֨ ׀ תַּנְחֶ֬ה אֹתָ֗ךְ בְּֽ֭שָׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹ֣ר עָלֶ֑יךָ וַ֝הֲקִיצ֗וֹתָ הִ֣יא תְשִׂיחֶֽךָ׃ [Proverbs 6:22: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.22/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PRO:163` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Proverbs 6:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.162/) - next →: [Proverbs 6:23 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.164/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.22/)