--- title: Psalms 31:8 (JPS 1917) — I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen… · tree and pragmatics description: I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul, Who acts: I, Thou, mine. 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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 (I, Thou, mine), 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:454 # text = I will be glad and rejoice in Thy lovingkindness; for Thou hast seen mine affliction, Thou hast taken cognizance of the troubles of my soul, 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rejoice rejoice VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 lovingkindness lovingkindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 11 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 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 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ _ 15 mine mine PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 affliction affliction NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 18 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 19 hast have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 21 cognizance cognizance NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | I | | | | | glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **rejoice** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | Thy lovingkindness | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | Thou | mine affliction | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer affliction=Stimulus | | 4 | **take** | present · perfect | Thou | cognizance of the troubles of my soul | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cognizance=Theme | | 5 | **afflict** | | mine | | | | | | nom affliction «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **cognize** | | | the troubles of my soul | | | | | nom cognizance «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **trouble** | | | my soul | | | | | nom trouble «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} אָגִ֥ילָה וְאֶשְׂמְחָ֗ה בְּחַ֫סְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר רָ֭אִיתָ אֶת־עָנְיִ֑י יָ֝דַ֗עְתָּ בְּצָר֥וֹת נַפְשִֽׁי׃ [Psalms 31:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.31.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:454` 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 31:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.453/) - next →: [Psalms 31:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.455/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 31:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.31.8/)