--- title: Psalms 16:4 (JPS 1917) — Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; the… · tree and pragmatics description: Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips. Who acts: you, idols, I. 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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, idols, 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:187 # text = Let the idols of them be multiplied that make suit unto another; their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 multiplied multiply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 xcomp _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 suit suit NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 11 unto unto ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 another another PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 obl _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 15 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ _ 17 offerings offering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 offer offer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 26 cc _ _ 26 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 upon upon ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **multiply** | infinitive · passive | | the idols of them | | | | | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **make** | present | the idols of them | suit | | | | unto another | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset suit=Product | | 4 | **not** **offer** | future | I | idols's drink offerings of blood | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent offering=Theme | | 5 | **take** | infinitive | I *not said here* | idols's names | | | | upon my lips | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 6 | **offer** | | idols *= idol* | blood | | | | | nom offering «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 7 | **name** | | idols *= idol* | | | | | | 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} יִרְבּ֥וּ עַצְּבוֹתָם֮ אַחֵ֪ר מָ֫הָ֥רוּ בַּל־אַסִּ֣יךְ נִסְכֵּיהֶ֣ם מִדָּ֑ם וּֽבַל־אֶשָּׂ֥א אֶת־שְׁ֝מוֹתָ֗ם עַל־שְׂפָתָֽי׃ [Psalms 16:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.16.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:187` 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 16:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.186/) - next →: [Psalms 16:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.188/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 16:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.16.4/)