--- title: Isaiah 13:20 (JPS 1917) — It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from gener… · tree and pragmatics description: It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. Who acts: Arabian, shepherds. 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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 (Arabian, shepherds), 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:296 # text = It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 inhabited inhabit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 11 cc _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 dwelt dwell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 12 in in ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 23 cc _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Arabian Arabian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 pitch pitch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 23 tent tent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 30 cc _ _ 27 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 shepherds shepherd NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 31 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 fold fold NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 30 advmod _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **inhabit** | shall · passive | | pride | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **dwell** | shall · passive | | pride | | | from generation to generation | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location | | 3 | **tent** | shall | the Arabian | pitch | | there | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | shall | the shepherds | shepherds's fold | | there | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fold=Product | 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־תֵשֵׁ֣ב לָנֶ֔צַח וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁכֹּ֖ן עַד־דּ֣וֹר וָד֑וֹר וְלֹֽא־יַהֵ֥ל שָׁם֙ עֲרָבִ֔י וְרֹעִ֖ים לֹא־יַרְבִּ֥צוּ שָֽׁם׃ [Isaiah 13:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.13.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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