--- title: Psalms 78:38 (JPS 1917) — But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth… · tree and pragmatics description: But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath. Who acts: God. 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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 (God), 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:1365 # text = But He, being full of compassion, forgiveth iniquity, and destroyeth not; yea, many a time doth He turn His anger away, and doth not stir up all His wrath. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 cop _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 forgiveth forgive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 destroyeth destroy VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 yea yea INTJ UH _ 23 discourse _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 24 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 anger anger NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 away away ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 32 up up ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | God *not said here* | | | | | of compassion; full *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **forgive** | present | God | iniquity | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Theme | | 3 | **not** **destroy** | present | God *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **turn away** | present · do-support | God | God's anger | | | time | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anger=Theme | | 5 | **not** **stir up** | present · do-support | God *not said here* | God's wrath | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition wrath=Patient | | 6 | **anger** | | God | | | | | | nom anger «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} וְה֤וּא רַח֨וּם ׀ יְכַפֵּ֥ר עָוֺן֮ וְֽלֹא־יַ֫שְׁחִ֥ית וְ֭הִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁ֣יב אַפּ֑וֹ וְלֹֽא־יָ֝עִיר כָּל־חֲמָתֽוֹ׃ [Psalms 78:38: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.38/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:1365` 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 78:37 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1364/) - next →: [Psalms 78:39 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1366/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 78:38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.38/)