--- title: Isaiah 55:13 (JPS 1917) — Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the b… · tree and pragmatics description: Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the LORD for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. Who acts: myrtle. 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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 (myrtle), 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:1217 # text = Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle; and it shall be to the LORD for a memorial, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. 1 Instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thorn thorn NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cypress cypress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 12 fixed _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 brier brier NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 18 up up ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 myrtle myrtle NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 memorial memorial NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 everlasting everlasting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 39 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ _ 42 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | shall | | the cypress | | | | instead the thorn | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cypress=Theme | | 2 | **come up** | shall | | the myrtle | | | | instead the brier | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location myrtle=Theme | | 3 | **is** | shall | myrtle | | | | | to the LORD; for a memorial; for a everlasting sign | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **cut off** | shall · passive | | a everlasting sign | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | 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} תַּ֤חַת הַֽנַּעֲצוּץ֙ יַעֲלֶ֣ה בְר֔וֹשׁ וְתַ֥חַת הַסִּרְפַּ֖ד יַעֲלֶ֣ה הֲדַ֑ס וְהָיָ֤ה לַֽיהוָה֙ לְשֵׁ֔ם לְא֥וֹת עוֹלָ֖ם לֹ֥א יִכָּרֵֽת׃ס [Isaiah 55:13: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.13/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1217` 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 55:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1216/) - next →: [Isaiah 56:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1218/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 55:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.55.13/)