--- title: Isaiah 17:5 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing corn,… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim. Who acts: harvestman, one. 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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 (harvestman, one), 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:364 # text = And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the standing corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; yea, it shall be as when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 as as ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 harvestman harvestman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 gathereth gather VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 amod _ _ 12 corn corn NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 reapeth reap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 yea yea INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ _ 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 expl _ _ 25 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 27 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 when when ADV WRB PronType=Rel 30 advmod _ _ 29 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 30 nsubj _ _ 30 gleaneth glean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 31 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Rephaim Rephaim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | present | the harvestman | the standing corn | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Theme | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **reap** | present | the harvestman *not said here* | the ears | | | | with harvestman's arm | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Theme | | 4 | **glean** | present | one | ears | | the valley of Rephaim | | | vn learn-14-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Topic | 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} וְהָיָ֗ה כֶּֽאֱסֹף֙ קָצִ֣יר קָמָ֔ה וּזְרֹע֖וֹ שִׁבֳּלִ֣ים יִקְצ֑וֹר וְהָיָ֛ה כִּמְלַקֵּ֥ט שִׁבֳּלִ֖ים בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃ [Isaiah 17:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:364` 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 17:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.363/) - next →: [Isaiah 17:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.365/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 17:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.17.5/)