--- title: Psalms 40:11 (JPS 1917) — I have not hid Thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared Th… · tree and pragmatics description: I have not hid Thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation; I have not concealed Thy mercy and Thy truth from the great congregation. Who acts: I, Thy. 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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, Thy), 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:665 # text = I have not hid Thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation; I have not concealed Thy mercy and Thy truth from the great congregation. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 hid hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 righteousness righteousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 within within ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 13 punct _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 declared declare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 14 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 faithfulness faithfulness NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 24 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 mercy mercy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 congregation congregation NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hide** | present · perfect | I | Thy righteousness | | | | within my heart | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent righteousness=Patient | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | present · perfect | I | Thy faithfulness and Thy salvation | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faithfulness=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **conceal** | present · perfect | I | Thy mercy and Thy truth | | the great congregation | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent mercy=Patient from congregation=Beneficiary | | 4 | **salve** | | Thy | | | | | | nom salvation «act transitive»: 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} צִדְקָתְךָ֬ לֹא־כִסִּ֨יתִי ׀ בְּת֬וֹךְ לִבִּ֗י אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ וּתְשׁוּעָתְךָ֣ אָמָ֑רְתִּי לֹא־כִחַ֥דְתִּי חַסְדְּךָ֥ וַ֝אֲמִתְּךָ֗ לְקָהָ֥ל רָֽב׃ [Psalms 40:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.40.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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