--- title: Isaiah 51:20 (JPS 1917) — Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a… · tree and pragmatics description: Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. Who acts: sons, things. 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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 (sons, things), 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:1152 # text = Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. 1 Thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fainted faint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lie lie VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 antelope antelope NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 advcl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 net net NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 rebuke rebuke NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **faint** | present · perfect | Thy sons | | | | | | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **lie** | present | things *= thing* | | | the head of all streets | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at head=Location | | 3 | **is** | present | things *= thing* | | | | | of the fury of the LORD; full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **infuriate** | | | the LORD | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **rebuke** | | | thy God | | | | | nom rebuke «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} בָּנַ֜יִךְ עֻלְּפ֥וּ שָׁכְב֛וּ בְּרֹ֥אשׁ כָּל־חוּצ֖וֹת כְּת֣וֹא מִכְמָ֑ר הַֽמְלֵאִ֥ים חֲמַת־יְהוָ֖ה גַּעֲרַ֥ת אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ [Isaiah 51:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1152` 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 51:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1151/) - next →: [Isaiah 51:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1153/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 51:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.51.20/)