--- title: Isaiah 16:12 (JPS 1917) — And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab hath wearied hi… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab hath wearied himself upon the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail Who acts: treader, Moab. 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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 (treader, Moab), 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:356 # text = And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab hath wearied himself upon the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 Moab Moab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 wearied weary VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 ccomp _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sanctuary sanctuary NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 pray pray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 prevail prevail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | shall | treader | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **pass** | to-infinitive | treader *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | present · passive | | treader | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **weary** | present · perfect | Moab | Moab | | | | upon the high place | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | | 5 | **come** | shall | Moab | | | Moab's sanctuary | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sanctuary=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **pray** | to-infinitive | Moab *not said here* | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 7 | **not** **prevail** | shall | Moab | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְהָיָ֧ה כִֽי־נִרְאָ֛ה כִּֽי־נִלְאָ֥ה מוֹאָ֖ב עַל־הַבָּמָ֑ה וּבָ֧א אֶל־מִקְדָּשׁ֛וֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּ֖ל וְלֹ֥א יוּכָֽל׃ [Isaiah 16:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.16.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:356` 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 16:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.355/) - next →: [Isaiah 16:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.357/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 16:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.16.12/)