--- title: Psalms 57:7 (JPS 1917) — They have prepared a net for my steps, my soul is bowed down; they h… · tree and pragmatics description: They have prepared a net for my steps, my soul is bowed down; they have digged a pit before me, they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. Who acts: teeth, 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 (teeth, 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:938 # text = They have prepared a net for my steps, my soul is bowed down; they have digged a pit before me, they are fallen into the midst thereof themselves. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 bowed bow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 14 down down ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 digged dig VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 before before ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 24 appos _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **prepare** | present · perfect | teeth *= tooth* | a net | | | | for my steps | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent net=Product for step=Beneficiary | | 2 | **bow down** | present · passive | | my soul | | | | down *property* | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **dig** | present · perfect | teeth *= tooth* | a pit | | | before me | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pit=Theme before i=Location | | 4 | **fall** | present · passive | | teeth *= tooth* | | the midst | | | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: subject=Result | | 5 | **step** | | my | | | | | | nom step «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} רֶ֤שֶׁת ׀ הֵכִ֣ינוּ לִפְעָמַי֮ כָּפַ֪ף נַ֫פְשִׁ֥י כָּר֣וּ לְפָנַ֣י שִׁיחָ֑ה נָפְל֖וּ בְתוֹכָ֣הּ סֶֽלָה׃ [Psalms 57:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and the Targum →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:PSA:938` 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 57:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.937/) - next →: [Psalms 57:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.939/) - ↑ back to [Psalms 57:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.57.7/)