--- title: Isaiah 7:20 (JPS 1917) — In that day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the p… · tree and pragmatics description: In that day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also sweep away the beard. Who acts: Lord, head. 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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, head), 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:156 # text = In that day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired in the parts beyond the River, even with the king of Assyria, the head and the hair of the feet; and it shall also sweep away the beard. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 shave shave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 razor razor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 hired hire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 17 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 River River PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 hair hair NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 also also ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 sweep sweep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 42 away away ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shave** | shall | the Lord | the head and the hair of the feet | | | day | with a razor; with the king of Assyria | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent head=Patient with razor=Instrument | | 2 | **hire** | present · passive | | a razor | | the parts beyond the River | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **sweep away** | shall | head | the beard | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location beard=Theme | 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} בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא יְגַלַּ֣ח אֲדֹנָי֩ בְּתַ֨עַר הַשְּׂכִירָ֜ה בְּעֶבְרֵ֤י נָהָר֙ בְּמֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר אֶת־הָרֹ֖אשׁ וְשַׂ֣עַר הָרַגְלָ֑יִםוְגַ֥ם אֶת־הַזָּקָ֖ן תִּסְפֶּֽה׃ס [Isaiah 7:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.7.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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