--- title: Proverbs 22:21 (JPS 1917) — That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, tha… · tree and pragmatics description: That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mightest bring back words of truth to them that send thee? Who acts: I, thee, thou. Proverbs 22:21 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.640/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Proverbs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/) / [chapter 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO/22/) / [22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.21/) / JPS 1 # Proverbs 22:21 · JPS 1917 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mightest bring back words of truth to them that send thee? **Who acts:** I, thee, thou · **What happens:** make, know, bring back, send, word · **To what, where:** thee, certainty, words, truth This is Proverbs 22:21 · 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, thee, thou), 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:640 # text = That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mightest bring back words of truth to them that send thee? 1 That that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obj _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 certainty certainty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nsubj _ _ 17 mightest might AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 19 back back ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 send send VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 obj _ _ 28 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: fragment - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed form=frag | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | might | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | infinitive | thee *not said here* | the certainty of the words of truth | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer certainty=Stimulus | | 3 | **bring back** | might | thou | words of truth | words *= word* | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme to they=Destination | | 4 | **send** | present | | thee | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | | 5 | **word** | | | truth | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **word** | | | truth | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} לְהוֹדִֽיעֲךָ֗ קֹ֭שְׁטְאִמְרֵ֣י אֱמֶ֑ת לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֲמָרִ֥ים אֱ֝מֶ֗ת לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃פ [Proverbs 22:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PRO:640` 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 22:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.639/) - next →: [Proverbs 22:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.641/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs 22:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.22.21/)