--- title: Isaiah 14:25 (JPS 1917) — That I will break Asshur in My land, and upon My mountains tread him… · tree and pragmatics description: That I will break Asshur in My land, and upon My mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder. Who acts: I, yoke, burden. 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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 (I, yoke, burden), 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:325 # text = That I will break Asshur in My land, and upon My mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulder. 1 That that SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD _ 4 aux _ _ 4 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 Asshur Asshur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 14 tread tread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 under under ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD _ 23 aux _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 yoke yoke NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 off off ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 burden burden NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 off off ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | future | I | Asshur | | My land | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer asshur=Patient | | 2 | **tread** | infinitive | I *not said here* | Asshur | | foot | | upon My mountains | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location he=Theme | | 3 | **depart** | shall | Asshur's yoke | | | | then | from mountains *= mountain* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from they=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **depart** | infinitive | yoke's burden | | | mountains's shoulder | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from shoulder=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **burden** | | yoke | | | | | | nom burden «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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} לִשְׁבֹּ֤ר אַשּׁוּר֙ בְּאַרְצִ֔י וְעַל־הָרַ֖י אֲבוּסֶ֑נּוּ וְסָ֤ר מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶם֙ עֻלּ֔וֹ וְסֻ֨בֳּל֔וֹ מֵעַ֥ל שִׁכְמ֖וֹ יָסֽוּר׃ [Isaiah 14:25: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.25/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:325` 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 14:24 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.324/) - next →: [Isaiah 14:26 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.326/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 14:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.25/)