--- title: Isaiah 10:7 (JPS 1917) — Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it i… · tree and pragmatics description: Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few. Who acts: hand, heart. 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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 (hand, heart), 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:220 # text = Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few. 1 Howbeit howbeit ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 meaneth mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 8 doth do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 expl _ _ 16 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 conj _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 few few NOUN NN Number=Plur 27 nmod _ _ 31 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **mean** | present | hand | | | | | howbeit *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | hand's heart | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | hand *not said here* | | | hand's heart | | | tree rules | | 4 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | hand *not said here* | nations a few | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector nation=Eventuality | 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} וְהוּא֙ לֹא־כֵ֣ן יְדַמֶּ֔ה וּלְבָב֖וֹ לֹא־כֵ֣ן יַחְשֹׁ֑ב כִּ֚י לְהַשְׁמִ֣יד בִּלְבָב֔וֹ וּלְהַכְרִ֥ית גּוֹיִ֖ם לֹ֥א מְעָֽט׃ [Isaiah 10:7: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.10.7/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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