--- title: Psalms 5:11 (JPS 1917) — Hold them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own counsels; cast t… · tree and pragmatics description: Hold them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own counsels; cast them down in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against Thee. Who acts: you, workers. 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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, workers), 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:51 # text = Hold them guilty, O God, let them fall by their own counsels; cast them down in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against Thee. 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 guilty guilty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 O o INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 vocative _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 counsels counsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 16 cast cast VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 down down ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 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 transgressions transgression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 rebelled rebel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 30 against against ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 obl _ _ 32 . . 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 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | workers *= worker* | | | | God *vocative*; guilty *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | | workers *= worker* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fall** | infinitive | workers *= worker* *not said here* | | | | | by workers's own counsels | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by counsel=Location | | 4 | **cast down** | infinitive | | workers *= worker* | | the multitude of workers's transgressions | | | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme in multitude=Destination | | 5 | **rebel** | present · perfect | workers *= worker* | | | | | against Thee | vn rebel-71.2-1 «NP V PP.maleficiary»: agent=Agent against thou=Maleficiary | | 6 | **transgress** | | workers *= worker* | | | | | | nom transgression «act 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} הַֽאֲשִׁימֵ֨ם ׀ אֱ‍ֽלֹהִ֗ים יִפְּלוּ֮ מִֽמֹּעֲצ֪וֹתֵ֫יהֶ֥ם בְּרֹ֣ב פִּ֭שְׁעֵיהֶם הַדִּיחֵ֑מוֹ כִּי־מָ֥רוּ בָֽךְ׃ [Psalms 5:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.5.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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