--- title: Psalms 28:4 (JPS 1917) — Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of the… · tree and pragmatics description: Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. Who acts: you, hands. 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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, hands), 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:414 # text = Give them according to their deeds, and according to the evil of their endeavours; give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. 1 Give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 case _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 deeds deed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 case _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 9 fixed _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 endeavours endeavour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 17 give give VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 after after ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 26 render render VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | imperative | you *not said here* | hands *= hand* | | | | accord hands's deeds | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | hands *= hand* | | | after the work of hands's hands | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **render** | infinitive | | hands's desert | hands *= hand* | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent desert=Theme to they=Recipient | | 6 | **endeavour** | | hands *= hand* | | | | | | nom endeavour «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **work** | | hands's hands | | | | | | nom work «act 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} תֶּן־לָהֶ֣ם כְּפָעֳלָם֮ וּכְרֹ֪עַ מַֽעַלְלֵ֫יהֶ֥ם כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֣ה יְ֭דֵיהֶם תֵּ֣ן לָהֶ֑ם הָשֵׁ֖ב גְּמוּלָ֣ם לָהֶֽם׃ [Psalms 28:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.28.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:414` 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 28:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.413/) - next →: [Psalms 28:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.415/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 28:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.28.4/)