--- title: Psalms 142:5 (JPS 1917) — Look on my right hand, and see, for there is no man that knoweth me;… · tree and pragmatics description: Look on my right hand, and see, for there is no man that knoweth me; I have no way to flee; no man careth for my soul. Who acts: you, man, I. 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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 (you, man, I), 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:2581 # text = Look on my right hand, and see, for there is no man that knoweth me; I have no way to flee; no man careth for my soul. 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 12 expl _ _ 12 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 knoweth know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 flee flee VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 careth care VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | on my right hand | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on hand=Theme | | 2 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **be** | present | no man | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **know** | present | no man | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 5 | **have** | present | I | no way | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 6 | **flee** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | no way *not said here* | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **care** | present | no man | | | | | for my soul | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for soul=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} הַבֵּ֤יט יָמִ֨ין ׀ וּרְאֵה֮ וְאֵֽין־לִ֪י מַ֫כִּ֥יר אָבַ֣ד מָנ֣וֹס מִמֶּ֑נִּי אֵ֖ין דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ לְנַפְשִֽׁי׃ [Psalms 142:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.142.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:2581` 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 142:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2580/) - next →: [Psalms 142:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2582/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 142:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.142.5/)