--- title: Isaiah 62:6 (JPS 1917) — I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, they shall never ho… · tree and pragmatics description: I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, they shall never hold their peace day nor night: 'Ye that are the LORD'S remembrancers, take ye no rest, Who acts: I, watchmen, ye. 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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, watchmen, ye), 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:1334 # text = I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, they shall never hold their peace day nor night: 'Ye that are the LORD'S remembrancers, take ye no rest, 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 watchmen watchman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 O o INTJ UH _ 10 discourse _ _ 10 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 vocative _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl:unmarked _ _ 19 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 20 cc _ _ 20 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 31 punct _ _ 23 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 vocative _ _ 24 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 25 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 'S 's PART POS _ 27 case _ _ 29 remembrancers remembrancer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 acl:relcl _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 31 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 32 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 31 nsubj _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set** | present · perfect | I | watchmen | | thy walls | | Jerusalem *vocative* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent watchman=Theme upon wall=Destination | | 2 | **not** **hold** | shall | watchmen *= watchman* | watchmen's peace | | | day | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | | 3 | **is a** | present | | the LORD's remembrancers | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | ye | no rest | | | | Ye *vocative* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme | | 5 | **pacify** | | watchmen *= watchman* | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: 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} עַל־חוֹמֹתַ֣יִךְ יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הִפְקַ֙דְתִּי֙ שֹֽׁמְרִ֔ים כָּל־הַיּ֧וֹם וְכָל־הַלַּ֛יְלָה תָּמִ֖יד לֹ֣א יֶחֱשׁ֑וּ הַמַּזְכִּרִים֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה אַל־דֳּמִ֖י לָכֶֽם׃ [Isaiah 62:6: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.62.6/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1334` 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 62:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1333/) - next →: [Isaiah 62:7 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1335/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 62:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.62.6/)