--- title: Isaiah 11:9 (JPS 1917) — They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain; for the ear… · tree and pragmatics description: They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. Who acts: cow, earth, waters. 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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 (cow, earth, waters), 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:261 # text = They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 6 cc _ _ 6 destroy destroy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 9 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 cop _ _ 18 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 29 cover cover VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert, polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **hurt** | shall | cow | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **destroy** | infinitive | cow *not said here* | | | My holy mountain | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | shall | the earth | | | | | of the knowledge of the LORD; full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **cover** | present | the waters | the sea | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Destination | 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} לֹֽא־יָרֵ֥עוּ וְלֹֽא־יַשְׁחִ֖יתוּ בְּכָל־הַ֣ר קָדְשִׁ֑י כִּֽי־מָלְאָ֣ה הָאָ֗רֶץ דֵּעָה֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כַּמַּ֖יִם לַיָּ֥ם מְכַסִּֽים׃פ [Isaiah 11:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.11.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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