--- title: Psalms 89:20 (JPS 1917) — Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have l… · tree and pragmatics description: Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. Who acts: Thou, I. Psalms 89:20 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1581/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Ketuvim](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/) / [Psalms](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/) / [chapter 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA/89/) / [89:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.20/) / JPS 1 # Psalms 89:20 · JPS 1917 Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. **Who acts:** Thou, I · **What happens:** speak, say, lay, be, exalt, choose out · **To what, where:** godly ones, vision, help, one, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is Psalms 89:20 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (Thou, I), 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:1581 # text = Then Thou spokest in vision to Thy godly ones, and saidst: 'I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spokest speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 godly godly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 saidst say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 ccomp _ _ 18 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 19 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 one one PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 17 obl _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 exalted exalt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 parataxis _ _ 28 one one PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 obj _ _ 29 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Thou | | Thy godly ones | vision | then | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to one=Co-Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Thou *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **lay** | present · perfect | I | help | | | | upon one | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent help=Theme upon one=Destination | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | mighty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **exalt** | present · perfect | I | one | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 6 | **choose out** | participle | | the people | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme | 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} אָ֤ז דִּבַּ֥רְתָּֽ־בְחָ֡זוֹן לַֽחֲסִידֶ֗יךָ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר שִׁוִּ֣יתִי עֵ֭זֶר עַל־גִּבּ֑וֹר הֲרִימ֖וֹתִי בָח֣וּר מֵעָֽם׃ [Psalms 89:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:1581` 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 89:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1580/) - next →: [Psalms 89:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1582/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 89:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.89.20/)