--- title: Psalms 32:6 (JPS 1917) — For this let every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when T… · tree and pragmatics description: For this let every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found; surely, when the great waters overflow, they will not reach unto him. Who acts: you, that, great waters, waters. 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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, that, great waters, waters), 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:478 # text = For this let every one that is godly pray unto Thee in a time when Thou mayest be found; surely, when the great waters overflow, they will not reach unto him. 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 3 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 godly godly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 9 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 10 unto unto ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 16 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 mayest may AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 21 surely surely ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nsubj _ _ 27 overflow overflow VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 33 unto unto ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=imp, act=request, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for this | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | that | | | | | godly *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **pray** | infinitive | you *not said here* | every one | | | time | unto Thee | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | may · passive | | Thou | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **overflow** | present | the great waters | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **reach** | future | waters *= water* | | | | | unto LORD; surely *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} עַל־זֹ֡את יִתְפַּלֵּ֬ל כָּל־חָסִ֨יד ׀ אֵלֶיךָ֮ לְעֵ֪ת מְ֫צֹ֥א רַ֗ק לְ֭שֵׁטֶף מַ֣יִם רַבִּ֑ים אֵ֝לָ֗יו לֹ֣א יַגִּֽיעוּ׃ [Psalms 32:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.32.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:478` 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 32:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.477/) - next →: [Psalms 32:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.479/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 32:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.32.6/)