--- title: Psalms 28:7 (JPS 1917) — The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted,… · tree and pragmatics description: The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him. Who acts: LORD, heart, I, my. 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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, heart, I, my), 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:417 # text = The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 12 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 helped help VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 rejoiceth rejoice VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 32 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 35 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **is a** | present | the LORD | my strength and my shield | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **trust** | present · perfect | my heart | | | | | in LORD | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 4 | **rejoice** | present | my heart | | | | | greatly, therefore *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **praise** | future | I | LORD | | | | with my song | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **sing** | | my | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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} יְהוָ֤ה ׀ עֻזִּ֥י וּמָגִנִּי֮ בּ֤וֹ בָטַ֥ח לִבִּ֗י וְֽנֶ֫עֱזָ֥רְתִּי וַיַּעֲלֹ֥ז לִבִּ֑י וּֽמִשִּׁירִ֥י אֲהוֹדֶֽנּוּ׃ [Psalms 28:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.28.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:417` 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 28:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.416/) - next →: [Psalms 28:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.418/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 28:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.28.7/)