--- title: Isaiah 47:8 (JPS 1917) — Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sitt… · tree and pragmatics description: Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children'; Who acts: you, none, I. 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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 (you, none, I), 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:ISA:1050 # text = Now therefore hear this, thou that art given to pleasures, that sittest securely, that sayest in thy heart: 'I am, and there is none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children'; 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 3 vocative _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 pleasures pleasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sittest sit VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 15 securely securely ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sayest say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 : : PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 30 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 29 nsubj _ _ 31 else else ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 beside beside ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 sit sit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 46 cc _ _ 44 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 51 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 48 punct _ _ 52 ; ; PUNCT : _ 3 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 | **hear** | imperative | you *not said here* | this | | | now | thou *vocative*; therefore *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **give** | present · passive | | | pleasures | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to pleasure=Recipient | | 3 | **sit** | present | | | | | | securely *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | | | thy heart | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in heart=Manner | | 5 | **be** | present | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **sit** | shall | I | | | | | as a widow | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** | shall | I | the loss of children | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus | 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} וְעַתָּ֞ה שִׁמְעִי־זֹ֤את עֲדִינָה֙ הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת לָבֶ֔טַח הָאֹֽמְרָה֙ בִּלְבָ֔בָהּ אֲנִ֖י וְאַפְסִ֣י ע֑וֹד לֹ֤א אֵשֵׁב֙ אַלְמָנָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אֵדַ֖ע שְׁכֽוֹל׃ [Isaiah 47:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1050` 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: [Isaiah 47:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1049/) - next →: [Isaiah 47:9 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1051/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 47:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.8/)