--- title: Isaiah 66:12 (JPS 1917) — For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a r… · tree and pragmatics description: For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream, and ye shall suck thereof: Ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees. Who acts: LORD, 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 (LORD, 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:1419 # text = For thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream, and ye shall suck thereof: Ye shall be borne upon the side, and shall be dandled upon the knees. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 11 discourse _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 extend extend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 12 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 like like ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wealth wealth NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 nmod _ _ 25 like like ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 overflowing overflowing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 31 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 33 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 suck suck VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 34 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 Ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 borne bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 40 upon upon ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 45 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 dandled dandle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 48 upon upon ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obl _ _ 51 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: offer - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the LORD | | | | | thus *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **extend** | future | I | peace and the wealth of the nations like a overflowing stream | Jerusalem | | | like a river | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent peace=Theme to she=Recipient | | 3 | **suck** | shall | ye | | | | | thereof *property* | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bear** | shall · passive | | Ye | | | | upon the side | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **dandle** | shall · passive | | | | | | upon the knees | tree rules | 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} כִּֽי־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה הִנְנִ֣י נֹטֶֽה־אֵ֠לֶיהָ כְּנָהָ֨ר שָׁל֜וֹם וּכְנַ֧חַל שׁוֹטֵ֛ף כְּב֥וֹד גּוֹיִ֖ם וִֽינַקְתֶּ֑ם עַל־צַד֙ תִּנָּשֵׂ֔אוּ וְעַל־בִּרְכַּ֖יִם תְּשָׁעֳשָֽׁעוּ׃ [Isaiah 66:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:1419` 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 66:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1418/) - next →: [Isaiah 66:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.1420/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 66:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.66.12/)