--- title: Isaiah 7:3 (JPS 1917) — Then said the LORD unto Isaiah: 'Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, an… · tree and pragmatics description: Then said the LORD unto Isaiah: 'Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers' field; Who acts: LORD, thou. 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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 (LORD, thou), 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:138 # text = Then said the LORD unto Isaiah: 'Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers' field; 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 unto unto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Isaiah Isaiah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 10 forth forth ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 14 Ahaz Ahaz PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 9 nsubj _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 Shear shear PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ _ 21 jashub jashub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 22 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 conduit conduit NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 pool pool NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 highway highway NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 fullers fuller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 ' 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | then | unto Isaiah | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | thou | | | | at the end of the conduit of the upper pool; now | in the highway of the fullers's field; forth *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at end=Location | | 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | thou *not said here* | Ahaz and Shear jashub | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ahaz=Co-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} וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָה֮ אֶֽל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ֒ צֵא־נָא֙ לִקְרַ֣את אָחָ֔ז אַתָּ֕ה וּשְׁאָ֖ר יָשׁ֣וּב שְׁאָ֖ר יָשׁ֣וּב בְּנֶ֑ךָ אֶל־קְצֵ֗ה תְּעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה אֶל־מְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כוֹבֵֽס׃ [Isaiah 7:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:138` 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 7:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.137/) - next →: [Isaiah 7:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.139/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 7:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.3/)