--- title: Psalms 146:8 (JPS 1917) — The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them tha… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous; Who acts: LORD. 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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 (LORD), 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:2645 # text = The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind; the LORD raiseth up them that are bowed down; the LORD loveth the righteous; 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 openeth open VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 blind blind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 raiseth raise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 loveth love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 righteous righteous NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 ; ; 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 | **open** | present | the LORD | the eyes of the blind | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 2 | **raise up** | present | the LORD | eyes *= eye* | | | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 3 | **bow down** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **love** | present | the LORD | the righteous | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer righteous=Stimulus | 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} יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פֹּ֘קֵ֤חַ עִוְרִ֗ים יְ֭הוָה זֹקֵ֣ף כְּפוּפִ֑ים יְ֝הוָ֗ה אֹהֵ֥ב צַדִּיקִֽים׃ [Psalms 146:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.146.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:2645` 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 146:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2644/) - next →: [Psalms 146:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2646/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 146:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.146.8/)