--- title: Psalms 77:3 (JPS 1917) — In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; with my hand uplifted, min… · tree and pragmatics description: In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; with my hand uplifted, mine eye streameth in the night without ceasing; my soul refuseth to be comforted. Who acts: I, eye, soul, 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 (I, eye, soul, 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:PSA:1306 # text = In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; with my hand uplifted, mine eye streameth in the night without ceasing; my soul refuseth to be comforted. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 15 uplifted uplift VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 mine my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 streameth stream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 without without SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 ceasing cease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 refuseth refuse VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 30 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 comforted comfort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 xcomp _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | present | I | the Lord | | | day | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme | | 2 | **uplift** | participle | | my hand *not said here* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **stream** | present | mine eye | | | | night | with my hand | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with hand=Theme | | 4 | **cease** | gerund | mine eye *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **refuse** | present | my soul | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **not** **comfort** | to-infinitive · passive | my soul *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 7 | **trouble** | | my | | | | | | nom trouble «cognition 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} בְּי֥וֹם צָרָתִי֮ אֲדֹנָ֪י דָּ֫רָ֥שְׁתִּי יָדִ֤י ׀ לַ֣יְלָה נִ֭גְּרָה וְלֹ֣א תָפ֑וּג מֵאֲנָ֖ה הִנָּחֵ֣ם נַפְשִֽׁי׃ [Psalms 77:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:1306` 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 77:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1305/) - next →: [Psalms 77:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1307/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 77:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.77.3/)