--- title: Isaiah 47:11 (JPS 1917) — Yet shall evil came upon thee; thou shalt not know how to charm it a… · tree and pragmatics description: Yet shall evil came upon thee; thou shalt not know how to charm it away; and calamity shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away; and ruin shall come upon thee suddenly, before thou knowest. Who acts: evil, thou, calamity, ruin. 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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 (evil, thou, calamity, ruin), 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:1053 # text = Yet shall evil came upon thee; thou shalt not know how to charm it away; and calamity shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it away; and ruin shall come upon thee suddenly, before thou knowest. 1 Yet yet CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 obl _ _ 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 11 nsubj _ _ 9 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 charm charm VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 away away ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 calamity calamity NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 22 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 21 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 29 nsubj _ _ 26 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 29 advmod _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 cop _ _ 29 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 away away ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 39 upon upon ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 38 obl _ _ 41 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 before before SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 45 nsubj _ _ 45 knowest know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: changed act=warn, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | evil | | | thee | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon thou=Location | | 2 | **not** **know** | shall | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **charm away** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | evil | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer | | 4 | **fall** | shall | calamity | | | thee | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon thou=Location | | 5 | **not** **is** | shall | thou | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **put away** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | evil | | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 7 | **come** | shall | ruin | | | thee | | suddenly *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon thou=Location | | 8 | **know** | present | thou | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וּבָ֧א עָלַ֣יִךְ רָעָ֗ה לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ שַׁחְרָ֔הּ וְתִפֹּ֤ל עָלַ֙יִךְ֙ הֹוָ֔ה לֹ֥א תוּכְלִ֖י כַּפְּרָ֑הּ וְתָבֹ֨א עָלַ֧יִךְ פִּתְאֹ֛ם שׁוֹאָ֖ה לֹ֥א תֵדָֽעִי׃ [Isaiah 47:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.47.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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