--- title: Psalms 138:7 (JPS 1917) — Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou quickenest me; Thou stre… · tree and pragmatics description: Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou quickenest me; Thou stretchest forth Thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand doth save me. Who acts: I, Thou, right hand. 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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 (I, Thou, right hand), 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:2521 # text = Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Thou quickenest me; Thou stretchest forth Thy hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and Thy right hand doth save me. 1 Though though SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 11 quickenest quicken VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nsubj _ _ 15 stretchest stretch VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 16 forth forth ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 against against ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 mine my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 27 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=express | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | I | | | the midst of trouble | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in midst=Trajectory | | 2 | **quicken** | present | Thou | me | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **stretch** | present | Thou | Thy hand | | | | against the wrath of mine enemies; forth *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | | 4 | **save** | present · do-support | Thy right hand | me | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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} אִם־אֵלֵ֤ךְ ׀ בְּקֶ֥רֶב צָרָ֗ה תְּחַ֫יֵּ֥נִי עַ֤ל אַ֣ף אֹ֭יְבַיתִּשְׁלַ֣ח יָדֶ֑ךָ וְת֖וֹשִׁיעֵ֣נִי יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ [Psalms 138:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.138.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:2521` 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 138:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2520/) - next →: [Psalms 138:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2522/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 138:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.138.7/)