--- title: Psalms 49:15 (JPS 1917) — Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be t… · tree and pragmatics description: Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it. Who acts: death, upright, form, sheep. 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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 (death, upright, form, sheep), 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:810 # text = Like sheep they are appointed for the nether-world; death shall be their shepherd; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form shall be for the nether-world to wear away, that there be no habitation for it. 1 Like like ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 nether nether NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ _ 10 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 12 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 upright upright NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 23 dominion dominion NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 nether nether NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ _ 39 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 46 expl _ _ 46 be be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 47 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 48 det _ _ 48 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nmod _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appoint** | present · passive | | sheep | | | | like sheep; for the nether world | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | shall | death | sheep's shepherd | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | shall | the upright | dominion | | | morning | over sheep | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dominion=Patient | | 4 | **is** | shall | sheep's form | | | | | for the nether world | tree rules | | 5 | **wear away** | to-infinitive | | | | | | away *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **form** | | sheep | | | | | | nom form «communication 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} כַּצֹּ֤אן ׀ לִֽשְׁא֣וֹל שַׁתּוּ֮ מָ֤וֶת יִ֫רְעֵ֥ם וַיִּרְדּ֘וּ בָ֤ם יְשָׁרִ֨ים ׀ לַבֹּ֗קֶר וְ֭צוּרָם לְבַלּ֥וֹת שְׁא֗וֹל מִזְּבֻ֥ל לֽוֹ׃ [Psalms 49:15: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.49.15/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:810` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Psalms 49:14 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.809/) - next →: [Psalms 49:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.811/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 49:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.49.15/)