--- title: Isaiah 19:4 (JPS 1917) — And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; an… · tree and pragmatics description: And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. Who acts: I, fierce king, Lord. 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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, fierce king, Lord), 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:387 # text = And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Egyptians Egyptian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 fierce fierce ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 22 over over ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 hosts host NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nmod _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: promise - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give over** | future | I | the Egyptians | | the hand of a cruel lord | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egyptian=Theme | | 2 | **rule** | shall | a fierce king | | | | | over idols *= idol* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lord | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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} וְסִכַּרְתִּי֙ אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּיַ֖ד אֲדֹנִ֣ים קָשֶׁ֑ה וּמֶ֤לֶךְ עַז֙ יִמְשָׁל־בָּ֔ם נְאֻ֥ם הָאָד֖וֹן יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃ [Isaiah 19:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:387` 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 19:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.386/) - next →: [Isaiah 19:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.388/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 19:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.4/)