--- title: Psalms 40:15 (JPS 1917) — Let them be ashamed and abashed together that seek after my soul to… · tree and pragmatics description: Let them be ashamed and abashed together that seek after my soul to sweep it away; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that delight in my hurt. Who acts: you, mercy, my. 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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, mercy, my), 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:669 # text = Let them be ashamed and abashed together that seek after my soul to sweep it away; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion that delight in my hurt. 1 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 abashed abash VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 7 together together ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 seek seek VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 sweep sweep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 18 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 xcomp _ _ 22 backward backward ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 28 delight delight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 hurt hurt NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 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 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | mercy | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | mercy *not said here* | | | | | ashamed, together *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **abash** | participle | mercy *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **seek** | present | | | | | after my soul | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **sweep away** | to-infinitive | | soul | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | mercy | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **turn** | infinitive · passive | mercy *not said here* | | | | | backward *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V» | | 8 | **bring** | participle | mercy *not said here* | | | confusion | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to confusion=Destination | | 9 | **delight** | present | | | | my hurt | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 10 | **hurt** | | my | | | | | | nom hurt «state 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} יֵ֘בֹ֤שׁוּ וְיַחְפְּר֨וּ ׀ יַחַד֮ מְבַקְשֵׁ֥י נַפְשִׁ֗י לִסְפּ֫וֹתָ֥הּ יִסֹּ֣גוּ אָ֭חוֹר וְיִכָּלְמ֑וּ חֲ֝פֵצֵ֗י רָעָתִֽי׃ [Psalms 40:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.40.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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