--- title: Psalms 137:3 (JPS 1917) — For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and ou… · tree and pragmatics description: For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' Who acts: harps, tormentors, Zion. 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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 (harps, tormentors, Zion), 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:2507 # text = For there they that led us captive asked of us words of song, and our tormentors asked of us mirth: 'Sing us one of the songs of Zion.' 1 For for ADP IN _ 8 mark _ _ 2 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 tormentors tormentor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 mirth mirth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ _ 24 Sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 parataxis _ _ 25 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ _ 33 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | | us | | | | captive *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | harps *= harp* | words of song | | there | | of us | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent word=Recipient | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | our tormentors | mirth | | | | of us | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mirth=Recipient | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | | one of the songs of Zion | us | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent we=Beneficiary one=Theme | | 5 | **word** | | | song | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **sing** | | Zion | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=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} כִּ֤י שָׁ֨ם שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ דִּבְרֵי־שִׁ֭יר וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ שִׂמְחָ֑ה שִׁ֥ירוּ לָ֝נ֗וּ מִשִּׁ֥יר צִיּֽוֹן׃ [Psalms 137:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.137.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:2507` 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 137:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2506/) - next →: [Psalms 137:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2508/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 137:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.137.3/)