--- title: Psalms 35:15 (JPS 1917) — But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the ab… · tree and pragmatics description: But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not; Who acts: I, witnesses, abjects. 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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, witnesses, abjects), 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:544 # text = But when I halt they rejoice, and gather themselves together; the abjects gather themselves together against me, and those whom I know not; they tear me, and cease not; 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 halt halt VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 rejoice rejoice VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 gather gather VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 9 obj _ _ 11 together together ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 abjects abject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gather gather VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 together together ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 18 against against ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 obl _ _ 23 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 tear tear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 cease cease VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **halt** | present | I | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **rejoice** | present | witnesses *= witness* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **gather** | present | witnesses *= witness* *not said here* | witnesses *= witness* | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 4 | **gather** | present | the abjects | witnesses *= witness* | | | | against me; those *obl*; together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | | 6 | **tear** | present | witnesses *= witness* | me | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location i=Theme | | 7 | **not** **cease** | present | witnesses *= witness* *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | 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} וּבְצַלְעִי֮ שָׂמְח֪וּ וְֽנֶאֱ֫סָ֥פוּ נֶאֶסְפ֬וּ עָלַ֣י נֵ֭כִים וְלֹ֣א יָדַ֑עְתִּי קָֽרְע֥וּ וְלֹא־דָֽמּוּ׃ [Psalms 35:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.35.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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