--- title: 2 Samuel 22:3 (JPS 1917) — The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn… · tree and pragmatics description: The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my saviour, Thou savest me from violence. 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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 (God, I, Thou), 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:2SA:661 # text = The God who is my rock, in Him I take refuge; my shield, and my horn of salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; my saviour, Thou savest me from violence. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 dislocated _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 saviour saviour NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 vocative _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 35 nsubj _ _ 35 savest save VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 36 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the God | my rock | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | I | refuge | | | | in LORD; the God *dislocated* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent refuge=Value in he=Location | | 3 | **save** | present | Thou | me | | violence | | my saviour *vocative* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent i=Theme from violence=Source | 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} אֱלֹהֵ֥י צוּרִ֖י אֶחֱסֶה־בּ֑וֹ מָגִנִּ֞י וְקֶ֣רֶן יִשְׁעִ֗י מִשְׂגַּבִּי֙ וּמְנוּסִ֔י מֹשִׁעִ֕י מֵחָמָ֖ס תֹּשִׁעֵֽנִי׃ [2 Samuel 22:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:661` 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: [2 Samuel 22:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.660/) - next →: [2 Samuel 22:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.662/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 22:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.3/)