--- title: Isaiah 51:6 (JPS 1917) — Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; f… · tree and pragmatics description: Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but My salvation shall be for ever, and My favour shall not be abolished. 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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, heavens, earth, 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:ISA:1136 # text = Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner; but My salvation shall be for ever, and My favour shall not be abolished. 1 Lift lift VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 beneath beneath ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 vanish vanish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 smoke smoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 wax wax VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 garment garment NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 therein therein ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 like like ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 47 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 salvation salvation NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 52 cop _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 1 conj _ _ 53 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 55 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 abolished abolish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 52 conj _ _ 61 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lift up** | imperative | you *not said here* | your eyes | | the heavens | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent eye=Theme to heaven=Destination | | 2 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | upon the earth; beneath *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon earth=Theme | | 3 | **vanish away** | shall | the heavens | | | | | like smoke; away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **wax** | shall | the earth | | | | | like a garment; old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **dwell** | present | | | | | | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **die** | shall | heavens *= heaven* | | | | | in like manner | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in manner=Attribute | | 7 | **is** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | ever *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **abolish** | shall · passive | | My favour | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **salve** | | My | | | | | | nom salvation «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **favour** | | My | | | | | | nom favour «feeling 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} שְׂאוּ֩ לַשָּׁמַ֨יִם עֵֽינֵיכֶ֜ם וְֽהַבִּ֧יטוּ אֶל־הָאָ֣רֶץ מִתַּ֗חַת כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֜יִם כֶּעָשָׁ֤ן נִמְלָ֙חוּ֙ וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ כַּבֶּ֣גֶד תִּבְלֶ֔ה וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ כְּמוֹ־כֵ֣ן יְמוּת֑וּן וִישֽׁוּעָתִי֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה וְצִדְקָתִ֖י לֹ֥א תֵחָֽת׃ס [Isaiah 51:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1136` 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 51:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1135/) - next →: [Isaiah 51:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1137/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 51:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.6/)