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title: Isaiah 54:9 (JPS 1917) — For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me; for as I have sworn that… · tree and pragmatics
description: For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. Who acts: this, I, waters. Isaiah 54:9 in JPS 1917 with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every claus
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# Isaiah 54:9 · JPS 1917

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For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

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**Who acts:** this, I, waters · **What happens:** be, swear, go, not be, rebuke · **To what, where:** earth, thee

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This is Isaiah 54:9 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (this, I, waters), 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:1194
# text = For this is as the waters of Noah unto Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
1	For	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	unto	unto	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
12	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	33	advcl	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Noah	Noah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
23	no	no	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	25	advmod	_	_
25	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	ccomp	_	_
26	over	over	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	so	so	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
31	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	sworn	swear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	parataxis	_	_
34	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	39	mark	_	_
35	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
36	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
37	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	39	advmod	_	_
38	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	cop	_	_
39	wroth	wroth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	ccomp	_	_
40	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	39	obl	_	_
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	44	cc	_	_
44	rebuke	rebuke	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	_	_
45	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	44	obj	_	_
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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- form: statement
- act: assert
- voice: narrator
- polarity: none
- teacher: kept the draft

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this |  |  |  |  | as the waters; of Noah; unto Me | tree rules |
| 2 | **swear** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | should | the waters of Noah |  |  | the earth |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over earth=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **swear** | present · perfect | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **not** **is** | would | I |  |  |  |  | with thee; wroth *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **rebuke** | infinitive | I *not said here* | thee |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme |

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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}

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כִּי־מֵ֥י נֹ֙חַ֙ זֹ֣את לִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבַּ֗עְתִּי מֵעֲבֹ֥ר מֵי־נֹ֛חַ ע֖וֹד עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ כֵּ֥ן נִשְׁבַּ֛עְתִּי מִקְּצֹ֥ף עָלַ֖יִךְ וּמִגְּעָר־בָּֽךְ׃

[Isaiah 54:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.9/)

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**Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1194` 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.

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