--- title: Isaiah 13:8 (JPS 1917) — And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of th… · tree and pragmatics description: And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame. Who acts: pangs, faces. 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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 (pangs, faces), 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:284 # text = And they shall be affrighted; pangs and throes shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in travail; they shall look aghast one at another; their faces shall be faces of flame. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 affrighted affright VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 7 pangs pang NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 throes throe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 12 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 17 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 21 as as ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 travail travail NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 30 aghast aghast ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 31 one one PRON CD _ 29 obl _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 another another PRON DT PronType=Rcp 31 nmod _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 parataxis _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 flame flame NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **affright** | shall · passive | | hosts *= host* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | shall | pangs and throes | hold | | | | of hosts *= host* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent hold=Theme of they=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **is** | shall | pangs *= pang* | | | pain | | as a woman in travail | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | shall | pangs *= pang* | one | | | | aghast *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **is a** | shall | hosts's faces | faces | | | | of flame | 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} וְֽנִבְהָ֓לוּ ׀ צִירִ֤ים וַֽחֲבָלִים֙ יֹֽאחֵז֔וּן כַּיּוֹלֵדָ֖ה יְחִיל֑וּן אִ֤ישׁ אֶל־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יִתְמָ֔הוּ פְּנֵ֥י לְהָבִ֖ים פְּנֵיהֶֽם׃ [Isaiah 13:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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