--- title: Proverbs 24:14 (JPS 1917) — So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; if thou hast found it, then… · tree and pragmatics description: So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; if thou hast found it, then shall there be a future, and thy hope shall not be cut off. Who acts: thou, future, thy. 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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, future, 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:PRO:700 # text = So know thou wisdom to be unto thy soul; if thou hast found it, then shall there be a future, and thy hope shall not be cut off. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 know know VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nsubj _ _ 4 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 7 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 11 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 13 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 17 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 20 expl _ _ 20 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 future future NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 25 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 30 compound:prt _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: suggest - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=suggest, polarity=none, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | infinitive | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | | | | | unto thy soul | tree rules | | 3 | **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | thou | wisdom | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 4 | **be** | shall | a future | | | there | then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **cut off** | shall · passive | | thy hope | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **hope** | | thy | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: 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 {#hebrew} כֵּ֤ן ׀ דְּעֶ֥ה חָכְמָ֗ה לְנַ֫פְשֶׁ֥ךָ אִם־מָ֭צָאתָ וְיֵ֣שׁ אַחֲרִ֑ית וְ֝תִקְוָתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תִכָּרֵֽת׃פ [Proverbs 24:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PRO:700` 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 24:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.699/) - next →: [Proverbs 24:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.701/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs 24:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.14/)