--- title: Psalms 123:2 (JPS 1917) — Behold, as the eyes of servants unto the hand of their master, as th… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, as the eyes of servants unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look unto the LORD our God, until He be gracious unto us. Who acts: eyes, God. 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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 (eyes, God), 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:2371 # text = Behold, as the eyes of servants unto the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look unto the LORD our God, until He be gracious unto us. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 31 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 unto unto ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 32 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 appos _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 until until SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 42 unto unto ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | our eyes | | | | | as the eyes of servants unto the hand of eyes's master and the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; unto the LORD | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | God | | | | | unto us; gracious *property* | tree rules | 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} הִנֵּ֨ה כְעֵינֵ֪י עֲבָדִ֡ים אֶל־יַ֤ד אֲ‍ֽדוֹנֵיהֶ֗ם כְּעֵינֵ֣י שִׁפְחָה֮ אֶל־יַ֪ד גְּבִ֫רְתָּ֥הּ כֵּ֣ן עֵ֭ינֵינוּ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ עַ֝֗ד שֶׁיְּחָנֵּֽנוּ׃ [Psalms 123:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.123.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:2371` 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 123:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2370/) - next →: [Psalms 123:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2372/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 123:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.123.2/)