--- title: Isaiah 14:21 (JPS 1917) — Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fath… · tree and pragmatics description: Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities. Who acts: ye, fathers. 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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 (ye, fathers), 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:321 # text = Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities. 1 Prepare prepare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 1 nsubj _ _ 3 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 fathers father NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 rise rise VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 possess possess VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 fill fill VERB VBP Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 cities city NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prepare** | infinitive | ye | slaughter | | | | for raiment's children; for the iniquity of children's fathers | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent slaughter=Product for child=Beneficiary | | 2 | **not** **rise up** | present | fathers *= father* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **possess** | present | fathers *= father* *not said here* | the earth | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot earth=Theme | | 4 | **fill** | present | fathers *= father* *not said here* | the face of the world | | | | with cities | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent face=Patient with city=Instrument | 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} הָכִ֧ינוּ לְבָנָ֛יו מַטְבֵּ֖חַ בַּעֲוֺ֣ן אֲבוֹתָ֑ם בַּל־יָקֻ֙מוּ֙ וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ אָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵֽי־תֵבֵ֖ל עָרִֽים׃ [Isaiah 14:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:321` 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 14:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.320/) - next →: [Isaiah 14:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.322/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 14:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.21/)