--- title: Isaiah 19:1 (JPS 1917) — Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt; a… · tree and pragmatics description: Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt within it. Who acts: LORD, heart. 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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 (LORD, heart), 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:384 # text = Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt within it. 1 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 rideth ride VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 swift swift ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 cometh come VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 idols idol NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 24 at at ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Egypt Egypt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 melt melt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 35 within within ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | present | the LORD | | | | | upon a swift cloud | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | present | the LORD *not said here* | | | | | unto Egypt | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **move** | shall · passive | | the idols of Egypt | | Egypt's presence | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **melt** | shall | the heart of Egypt | | | | | within presence | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 מִצְרָ֑יִם הִנֵּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה רֹכֵ֨ב עַל־עָ֥ב קַל֙ וּבָ֣א מִצְרַ֔יִם וְנָע֞וּ אֱלִילֵ֤י מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ מִפָּנָ֔יו וּלְבַ֥ב מִצְרַ֖יִם יִמַּ֥ס בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ׃ [Isaiah 19:1: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.1/) This verse in JPS 1917: 1. [The burden of Egypt.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.383/) 2. **Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt; and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at His presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt within it.** **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:384` 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 19:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.383/) - next →: [Isaiah 19:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.385/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 19:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.1/)