--- title: Proverbs 4:4 (JPS 1917) — And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my word… · tree and pragmatics description: And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live; Who acts: he, heart, my. 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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 (he, heart, my), 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:94 # text = And he taught me, and said unto me: 'Let thy heart hold fast my words, keep my commandments, and live; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ _ 12 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 13 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 16 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 commandments commandment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 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 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | he | | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* | | | | | unto me | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | thy heart | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | infinitive | thy heart *not said here* | my words | | | | fast *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 5 | **keep** | infinitive | | my commandments | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commandment=Theme | | 6 | **live** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **word** | | my | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **command** | | my | | | | | | nom commandment «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 {#hebrew} וַיֹּרֵ֗נִי וַיֹּ֥אמֶר לִ֗י יִֽתְמָךְ־דְּבָרַ֥י לִבֶּ֑ךָ שְׁמֹ֖ר מִצְוֺתַ֣י וֶֽחְיֵֽה׃ [Proverbs 4:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PRO:94` 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 4:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.93/) - next →: [Proverbs 4:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.95/) - ↑ back to [Proverbs 4:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.4.4/)