--- title: Isaiah 14:16 (JPS 1917) — They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly a… · tree and pragmatics description: They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; Who acts: thee, parts, this, man. 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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 (thee, parts, this, man), 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:316 # text = They that saw thee do narrowly look upon thee, they gaze earnestly at thee: 'Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 narrowly narrowly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gaze gaze VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 earnestly earnestly ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 12 obl _ _ 16 : : PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ _ 18 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 parataxis _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 tremble tremble VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 32 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **look** | present · do-support | thee | | | | | upon thee; narrowly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon thou=Theme | | 3 | **gaze** | present | parts *= part* | | | | | at thee; earnestly *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at thou=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | this | the man | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past | the man | the earth | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **tremble** | to-infinitive | the earth *not said here* | | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **shake** | past · do-support | that | kingdoms | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent kingdom=Patient | 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} רֹאֶ֙יךָ֙ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יַשְׁגִּ֔יחוּ אֵלֶ֖יךָ יִתְבּוֹנָ֑נוּ הֲזֶ֤ה הָאִישׁ֙ מַרְגִּ֣יז הָאָ֔רֶץ מַרְעִ֖ישׁ מַמְלָכֽוֹת׃ [Isaiah 14:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.16/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:316` of Mova's parse database. **The tree and the speech act** come from Mova's cycle: the small model's draft, read by a large model as teacher, passed by Mova's gates (Elamur Cosmic License). **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the chapter read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence of the chapter. - ← previous: [Isaiah 14:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.315/) - next →: [Isaiah 14:17 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.317/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 14:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.16/)