--- title: Psalms 14:1 (JPS 1917) — The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt… · tree and pragmatics description: The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good. Who acts: fool, God, they, 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 (fool, God, they, 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:167 # text = The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 10 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 14 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 dealt deal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 19 corruptly corruptly ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 24 abominably abominably ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 27 nsubj _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 doeth do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · perfect | the fool | | | fool's heart | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | no God | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **deal** | present · perfect | they | | | | | corruptly *property* | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** | present · perfect | they | | | | | abominably *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** | present | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **do** | present | | | | | | good *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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} לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ לְדָ֫וִ֥דאָ֘מַ֤ר נָבָ֣ל בְּ֭לִבּוֹ אֵ֣ין אֱלֹהִ֑ים הִֽשְׁחִ֗יתוּ הִֽתְעִ֥יבוּ עֲלִילָ֗ה אֵ֣ין עֹֽשֵׂה־טֽוֹב׃ [Psalms 14:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.14.1/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [For the Leader.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.165/) 2. [A Psalm of David.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.166/) 3. **The fool hath said in his heart: 'There is no God'; they have dealt corruptly, they have done abominably; there is none that doeth good.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:167` 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 14:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.166/) - next →: [Psalms 14:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.168/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 14:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.14.1/)