--- title: Psalms 18:44 (JPS 1917) — Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast… · tree and pragmatics description: Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me. Who acts: Thou, I, people. 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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 (Thou, I, people), 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:255 # text = Thou hast delivered me from the contentions of the people; Thou hast made me the head of the nations; a people whom I have not known serve me. 1 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 nsubj _ _ 2 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 contentions contention NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 12 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 nsubj _ _ 13 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 15 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 xcomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 24 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 obj _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 acl:relcl _ _ 29 serve serve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **deliver** | present · perfect | Thou | me | | the contentions of the people | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent i=Theme from contention=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **make** | present · perfect | Thou | me | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | | 3 | **not** **know** | present · perfect | I | a people | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 4 | **serve** | present | a people | me | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Attribute | | 5 | **contend** | | the people | | | | | | nom contention «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} תְּפַלְּטֵנִי֮ מֵרִ֪יבֵ֫י עָ֥ם תְּ֭שִׂימֵנִי לְרֹ֣אשׁ גּוֹיִ֑ם עַ֖ם לֹא־יָדַ֣עְתִּי יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי׃ [Psalms 18:44: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.44/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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