--- title: Psalms 15:4 (JPS 1917) — In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that… · tree and pragmatics description: In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear the LORD; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not; Who acts: person, LORD. 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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 (person, LORD), 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:180 # text = In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he honoureth them that fear the LORD; he that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not; 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 vile vile ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 despised despise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 honoureth honour VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 parataxis _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sweareth swear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 changeth change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: evaluate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=evaluate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despise** | present · passive | | a vile person in a vile person in a vile person's eyes's eyes | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **honour** | present | person | eyes *= eye* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fear** | present | | the LORD | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lord=Stimulus | | 4 | **swear** | present | | | | | | to LORD's own hurt | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **change** | present | | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **hurt** | | LORD | | | | | | nom hurt «state 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} נִבְזֶ֤ה ׀ בְּֽעֵ֘ינָ֤יו נִמְאָ֗ס וְאֶת־יִרְאֵ֣י יְהוָ֣ה יְכַבֵּ֑ד נִשְׁבַּ֥ע לְ֝הָרַ֗ע וְלֹ֣א יָמִֽר׃ [Psalms 15:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.15.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:180` 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 15:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.179/) - next →: [Psalms 15:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.181/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 15:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.15.4/)