--- title: Isaiah 54:16 (JPS 1917) — Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. Who acts: I, smith, LORD. 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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, smith, LORD), 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:1201 # text = Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the fire of coals, and bringeth forth a weapon for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 smith smith NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 bloweth blow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 coals coal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 bringeth bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 17 forth forth ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 weapon weapon NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 created create VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 waster waster NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **create** | present · perfect | I | the smith | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smith=Result | | 2 | **blow** | present | the smith | the fire of coals | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent fire=Patient | | 3 | **bring** | present | the smith *not said here* | a weapon | | | | for LORD's work; forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent weapon=Theme | | 4 | **create** | present · perfect | I | the waster | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **fire** | | | coals | | | | | nom fire «event transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **work** | | LORD | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} הִנֵּ֤ה אָֽנֹכִי֙ בָּרָ֣אתִי חָרָ֔שׁ נֹפֵ֙חַ֙ בְּאֵ֣שׁ פֶּחָ֔ם וּמוֹצִ֥יא כְלִ֖י לְמַעֲשֵׂ֑הוּ וְאָנֹכִ֛י בָּרָ֥אתִי מַשְׁחִ֖ית לְחַבֵּֽל׃ [Isaiah 54:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1201` 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 54:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1200/) - next →: [Isaiah 54:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1202/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 54:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.54.16/)