--- title: Psalms 41:7 (JPS 1917) — And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gatheret… · tree and pragmatics description: And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he speaketh of it. Who acts: one, LORD, heart. 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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 (one, LORD, heart), 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:680 # text = And if one come to see me, he speaketh falsehood; his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he speaketh of it. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 come come VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 speaketh speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 falsehood falsehood NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 gathereth gather VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 16 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ _ 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 goeth go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 23 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 speaketh speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | one | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | one *not said here* | me | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | LORD | falsehood | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **gather** | present | LORD's heart | iniquity | heart | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent iniquity=Patient to itself=Co-Patient | | 5 | **go** | present | LORD | | | | | abroad *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | LORD | | | | | of heart | vn talk-37.5 «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} וְאִם־בָּ֤א לִרְא֨וֹת ׀ שָׁ֤וְא יְדַבֵּ֗ר לִבּ֗וֹ יִקְבָּץ־אָ֥וֶן ל֑וֹ יֵצֵ֖א לַח֣וּץ יְדַבֵּֽר׃ [Psalms 41:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.41.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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