--- title: Psalms 69:21 (JPS 1917) — Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; and I looked for… · tree and pragmatics description: Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; and I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. Who acts: Reproach, I, none. 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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 (Reproach, I, none), 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:PSA:1148 # text = Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; and I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. 1 Reproach reproach NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 sore sore ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 some some PRON DT PronType=Ind 15 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 20 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 24 nsubj _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 comforters comforter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 33 obj _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=narrate, polarity=neg | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present · perfect | Reproach | my heart | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer heart=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | I | | | | | sick, sore *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **look** | past | I | | | | | for some; for comforters | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for some=Theme | | 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | compassion | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent compassion=Recipient | | 5 | **be** | past | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | I | none | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Topic | 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} חֶרְפָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׁבְרָ֥ה לִבִּ֗י וָֽאָ֫נ֥וּשָׁה וָאֲקַוֶּ֣ה לָנ֣וּד וָאַ֑יִן וְ֝לַמְנַחֲמִ֗ים וְלֹ֣א מָצָֽאתִי׃ [Psalms 69:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:1148` 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: [Psalms 69:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1147/) - next →: [Psalms 69:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1149/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 69:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.21/)