--- title: Psalms 129:8 (JPS 1917) — Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon yo… · tree and pragmatics description: Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.' Who acts: cords, blessing, we. 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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 (cords, blessing, we), 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:2417 # text = Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.' 1 Neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 7 cc _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 by by ADP IN _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ _ 10 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 blessing blessing NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 be be AUX VB Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 ccomp _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 bless bless VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ 29 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go by** | present | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | cords *= cord* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | the blessing of the LORD | | | | | upon you | tree rules | | 4 | **bless** | present | we | you | | the name of the LORD | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 5 | **bless** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom blessing «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **name** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וְלֹ֤א אָֽמְר֨וּ ׀ הָעֹבְרִ֗ים בִּרְכַּֽת־יְהוָ֥ה אֲלֵיכֶ֑ם בֵּרַ֥כְנוּ אֶ֝תְכֶ֗ם בְּשֵׁ֣ם יְהוָֽה׃ [Psalms 129:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:2417` 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 129:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2416/) - next →: [Psalms 130:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2418/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 129:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.129.8/)