--- title: Proverbs 25:7 (JPS 1917) — For better is it that it be said unto thee: 'Come up hither', than t… · tree and pragmatics description: For better is it that it be said unto thee: 'Come up hither', than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen. Who acts: eyes. 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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 (eyes), 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:728 # text = For better is it that it be said unto thee: 'Come up hither', than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 expl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 csubj _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 8 obl _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 12 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 ccomp _ _ 14 up up ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 hither hither ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 16 ', ', PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 17 than than SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 shouldest should AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 23 lower low ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 22 advmod _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 32 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 34 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive · passive | | place | | | | unto thee | tree rules | | 3 | **come up** | infinitive | | | | | | hither *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **put** | should · passive | | thou | | the presence of the prince | | low *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in presence=Destination | | 5 | **see** | present · perfect | thine eyes | the prince | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | 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} כִּ֤י ט֥וֹב אֲמָר־לְךָ֗ עֲ‍ֽלֵ֫ה הֵ֥נָּה מֵֽ֭הַשְׁפִּ֣ילְךָ לִפְנֵ֣י נָדִ֑יב אֲשֶׁ֖ר רָא֣וּ עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ [Proverbs 25:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PRO:728` 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 25:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.727/) - next →: [Proverbs 25:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.729/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs 25:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.7/)