--- title: Isaiah 51:10 (JPS 1917) — Art thou not it that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep;… · tree and pragmatics description: Art thou not it that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? Who acts: thou, that, redeemed. 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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 (thou, that, redeemed), 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:1141 # text = Art thou not it that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? 1 Art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 4 nsubj _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ 5 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 dried dry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 deep deep NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 depths depth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 redeemed redeemed NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 acl _ _ 32 over over ADP RP _ 31 compound:prt _ _ 33 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | thou | strength | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dry up** | past | | the sea | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient sea=Result | | 3 | **make** | past | that | the depths of the sea | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset depth=Beneficiary way=Product | | 4 | **pass over** | to-infinitive | the redeemed | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} הֲל֤וֹא אַתְּ־הִיא֙ הַמַּחֲרֶ֣בֶת יָ֔ם מֵ֖י תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֑ה הַשָּׂ֙מָה֙ מַֽעֲמַקֵּי־יָ֔ם דֶּ֖רֶךְ לַעֲבֹ֥ר גְּאוּלִֽים׃ [Isaiah 51:10: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.10/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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