--- title: Psalms 55:13 (JPS 1917) — For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it;… · tree and pragmatics description: For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him. Who acts: Wickedness, enemy, I, adversary. 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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 (Wickedness, enemy, I, adversary), 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:904 # text = For it was not an enemy that taunted me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me, then I would have hid myself from him. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 taunted taunt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 advmod _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux _ _ 15 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 18 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 22 cc _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 mine my PRON PRP$ Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 adversary adversary NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 magnify magnify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 aux _ _ 34 hid hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 parataxis _ _ 35 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | past | Wickedness | a enemy neither mine adversary | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **taunt** | past | a enemy neither mine adversary | me | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 3 | **bear** | could · perfect | I | Wickedness | | | then | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past | Wickedness | mine adversary | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **magnify** | past · do-support | mine adversary | guile | | | | against me | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 6 | **hide** | would · perfect | I | myself | | | then | from guile | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent myself=Patient from he=Beneficiary | 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} כִּ֤י לֹֽא־אוֹיֵ֥ב יְחָֽרְפֵ֗נִי וְאֶ֫שָּׂ֥א לֹֽא־מְ֭שַׂנְאִי עָלַ֣י הִגְדִּ֑יל וְאֶסָּתֵ֥ר מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ [Psalms 55:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.55.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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