--- title: Isaiah 7:18 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. Who acts: land, LORD, fly, bee. 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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 (land, LORD, fly, bee), 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:154 # text = And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 hiss hiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 fly fly NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 20 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 uttermost uttermost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 acl:relcl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 rivers river NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 bee bee NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | land | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | land *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hiss** | shall | the LORD | | | | day | for the fly and the bee | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for fly=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | present | the fly and the bee | | | the uttermost part | | of the rivers of Egypt | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | the bee | | | the land | | of Assyria | 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} וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִשְׁרֹ֤ק יְהוָה֙ לַזְּב֔וּב אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּקְצֵ֖ה יְאֹרֵ֣י מִצְרָ֑יִם וְלַ֨דְּבוֹרָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּאֶ֥רֶץ אַשּֽׁוּר׃ [Isaiah 7:18: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.18/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:154` 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 7:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.153/) - next →: [Isaiah 7:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.155/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 7:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.18/)