--- title: Psalms 79:9 (JPS 1917) — Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy na… · tree and pragmatics description: Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake. Who acts: you, our, name, Thy. 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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 (you, our, name, Thy), 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:1410 # text = Help us, O God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of Thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for Thy name's sake. 1 Help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 O o INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 5 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 deliver deliver VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 22 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 forgive forgive VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 26 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 sins sin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 's 's PART POS _ 31 case _ _ 33 sake sake NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 1 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 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* | | us | | | for the sake of the glory of Thy name; God of our salvation *vocative* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary | | 2 | **deliver** | infinitive | you *not said here* | us | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Patient | | 3 | **forgive** | infinitive | you *not said here* | our sins | | | | for Thy name's sake | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent sin=Theme for sake=Attribute | | 4 | **salve** | | our | | | | | | nom salvation «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **glory** | | Thy name | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **name** | | Thy | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **name** | | Thy | | | | | | nom name «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} עָזְרֵ֤נוּ ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י יִשְׁעֵ֗נוּ עַל־דְּבַ֥ר כְּבֽוֹד־שְׁמֶ֑ךָ וְהַצִּילֵ֥נוּ וְכַפֵּ֥ר עַל־חַ֝טֹּאתֵ֗ינוּ לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶֽךָ׃ [Psalms 79:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.79.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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