--- title: Isaiah 51:12 (JPS 1917) — I, even I, am He that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art af… · tree and pragmatics description: I, even I, am He that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass; Who acts: I, thou, man. 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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 (I, thou, man), 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:1143 # text = I, even I, am He that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou art afraid of man that shall die, and of the son of man that shall be made as grass; 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 appos _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 parataxis _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 comforteth comfort VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 13 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 14 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 nsubj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 19 nsubj _ _ 18 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 advcl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 23 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 36 as as ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | I | sighing *= sigh* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **comfort** | present | | you | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | present | thou | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | thou | | | | | of man and the son of man; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **die** | shall | man and the son of man | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **make** | shall · passive | | the son of man | | | | as grass | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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} אָנֹכִ֧י אָנֹכִ֛י ה֖וּא מְנַחֶמְכֶ֑ם מִֽי־אַ֤תְּ וַתִּֽירְאִי֙ מֵאֱנ֣וֹשׁ יָמ֔וּת וּמִבֶּן־אָדָ֖ם חָצִ֥יר יִנָּתֵֽן׃ [Isaiah 51:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1143` 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 51:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1142/) - next →: [Isaiah 51:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1144/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 51:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.12/)