--- title: Isaiah 5:29 (JPS 1917) — Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions… · tree and pragmatics description: Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions, yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver. Who acts: roaring, arrows, none. 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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 (roaring, arrows, none), 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:120 # text = Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions, yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver. 1 Their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 roaring roaring NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 lion lion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 roar roar VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 parataxis _ _ 12 like like ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 yea yea INTJ UH _ 20 discourse _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 roar roar VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 lay lay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 24 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 away away ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 xcomp _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 38 expl _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 39 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 38 nsubj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | arrows's roaring | | | | | like a lion | tree rules | | 2 | **roar** | shall | arrows *= arrow* | | | | | like young lions | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **roar** | shall | arrows *= arrow* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lay** | infinitive | arrows *= arrow* *not said here* | hold of the prey | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Result | | 5 | **carry away** | infinitive | arrows *= arrow* *not said here* | hold | | | | away, safe *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 6 | **be** | shall | none | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **deliver** | to-infinitive | none *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **roar** | | arrows *= arrow* | | | | | | nom roaring «event intransitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **hold** | | | the prey | | | | | nom hold «act 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} שְׁאָגָ֥ה ל֖וֹ כַּלָּבִ֑יא יִשְׁאַ֨ג כַּכְּפִירִ֤ים וְיִנְהֹם֙ וְיֹאחֵ֣ז טֶ֔רֶף וְיַפְלִ֖יט וְאֵ֥ין מַצִּֽיל׃ [Isaiah 5:29: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.29/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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