--- title: Isaiah 66:9 (JPS 1917) — Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the… · tree and pragmatics description: Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD; Shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God. Who acts: I, LORD, God. 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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, LORD, God), 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:1416 # text = Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD; Shall I that cause to bring forth shut the womb? saith thy God. 1 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 forth forth ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 15 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 19 Shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 22 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 forth forth ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 womb womb NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 ? ? PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 30 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 31 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: other - voice: character - polarity: none - indirect: yes - teacher: changed act=other, indirect=1 | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | shall | I | | | the birth | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to birth=Destination | | 2 | **not** **cause** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the LORD | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **cause** | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **shut** | shall | I | the womb | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent womb=Patient | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | thy God | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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} הַאֲנִ֥י אַשְׁבִּ֛יר וְלֹ֥א אוֹלִ֖יד יֹאמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אִם־אֲנִ֧י הַמּוֹלִ֛יד וְעָצַ֖רְתִּי אָמַ֥ר אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃ס [Isaiah 66:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1416` 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 66:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1415/) - next →: [Isaiah 66:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1417/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 66:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.9/)