--- title: Isaiah 15:1 (JPS 1917) — For in the night that Ar of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to rui… · tree and pragmatics description: For in the night that Ar of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin; for in the night that Kir of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin. Who acts: night. 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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 (night), 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:336 # text = For in the night that Ar of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin; for in the night that Kir of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin. 1 For for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 Ar Ar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 Kir Kir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 29 waste waste NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 xcomp _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 advcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** | present · passive | the night *not said here* | Ar of Moab | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 2 | **bring** | present · passive | | Ar | | ruin | night | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to ruin=Destination | | 3 | **lay** | present · passive | the night *not said here* | Kir of Moab | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | | 4 | **bring** | present · passive | | Kir | | ruin | night | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to ruin=Destination | 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} מַשָּׂ֖א מוֹאָ֑ב כִּ֠י בְּלֵ֞יל שֻׁדַּ֨ד עָ֤ר מוֹאָב֙ נִדְמָ֔ה כִּ֗י בְּלֵ֛יל שֻׁדַּ֥ד קִיר־מוֹאָ֖בקִיר־מוֹאָ֖ב נִדְמָֽה׃ [Isaiah 15:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.1/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [The burden of Moab.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.335/) 2. **For in the night that Ar of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin; for in the night that Kir of Moab is laid waste, he is brought to ruin.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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