--- title: Isaiah 65:12 (JPS 1917) — I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the sl… · tree and pragmatics description: I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer, when I spoke, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in Mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not. Who acts: I, 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, 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:1388 # text = I will destine you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, ye did not answer, when I spoke, ye did not hear; but ye did that which was evil in Mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delighted not. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 destine destine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nsubj _ _ 11 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 all all ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 bow bow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 14 down down ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 19 because because SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 20 when when SCONJ WRB _ 22 mark _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 27 nsubj _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 answer answer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 29 when when SCONJ WRB _ 31 mark _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 32 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 33 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 40 nsubj _ _ 40 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 41 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obj _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 44 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 Mine mine PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 51 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 obj _ _ 52 wherein wherein ADV WRB PronType=Int 54 advmod _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 delighted delight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 acl:relcl _ _ 55 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: warn - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=warn | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **destine** | future | I | you | | | | to the sword | tree rules | | 2 | **bow down** | shall | ye | | | | | to the slaughter; all, down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to slaughter=Theme | | 3 | **call** | past | I | | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | ye | | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | I | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **hear** | past · do-support | ye | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **do** | past | ye | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 8 | **is** | past | | | | Mine eyes | | evil *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **choose** | past | ye *not said here* | that | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 10 | **not** **delight** | past | I | | | | | wherein *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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} וּמָנִ֨יתִי אֶתְכֶ֜ם לַחֶ֗רֶב וְכֻלְּכֶם֙ לַטֶּ֣בַח תִּכְרָ֔עוּ יַ֤עַן קָרָ֙אתִי֙ וְלֹ֣א עֲנִיתֶ֔ם דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי וְלֹ֣א שְׁמַעְתֶּ֑ם וַתַּעֲשׂ֤וּ הָרַע֙ בְּעֵינַ֔י וּבַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־חָפַ֖צְתִּי בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃פ [Isaiah 65:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1388` 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 65:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1387/) - next →: [Isaiah 65:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1389/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 65:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.65.12/)