--- title: 2 Samuel 22:31 (JPS 1917) — As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is… · tree and pragmatics description: As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him. Who acts: way, God. 2 Samuel 22:31 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.690/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [2 Samuel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/) / [chapter 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA/22/) / [22:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.31/) / JPS 1 # 2 Samuel 22:31 · JPS 1917 As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him. **Who acts:** way, God · **What happens:** be, try, take, word · **To what, where:** word, shield, refuge, LORD This is 2 Samuel 22:31 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (way, God), 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:690 # text = As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in Him. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 3 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 advcl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 shield shield NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 22 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 24 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 27 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 8 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 | **is** | present | God's way | | | | | perfect *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | present · passive | | the word of the LORD | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | present | God | a shield | | | | unto words *= word* | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | present | | refuge | | | | in God | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent refuge=Value in he=Location | | 5 | **word** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} הָאֵ֖ל תָּמִ֣ים דַּרְכּ֑וֹ אִמְרַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ צְרוּפָ֔ה מָגֵ֣ן ה֔וּא לְכֹ֖ל הַחֹסִ֥ים בּֽוֹ׃ [2 Samuel 22:31: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.31/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:2SA:690` 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 22:30 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.689/) - next →: [2 Samuel 22:32 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.691/) - ↑ back to [2 Samuel 22:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.31/)