--- title: Isaiah 19:11 (JPS 1917) — The princes of Zoan are utter fools; the wisest counsellors of Phara… · tree and pragmatics description: The princes of Zoan are utter fools; the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh are a senseless counsel; how can ye say unto Pharaoh: 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings'? Who acts: princes, wisest counsellors, ye, I. 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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 (princes, wisest counsellors, ye, I), 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:394 # text = The princes of Zoan are utter fools; the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh are a senseless counsel; how can ye say unto Pharaoh: 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings'? 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Zoan Zoan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 utter utter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fools fool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 11 amod _ _ 11 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 senseless senseless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 counsel counsel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 20 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 ye ye PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 22 nsubj _ _ 22 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 23 unto unto ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Pharaoh Pharaoh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 : : PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 wise wise NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 40 ' 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the princes of Zoan | utter fools and a senseless counsel | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh | a senseless counsel | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | can | ye | | | | | unto Pharaoh | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is a** | present | I | the son | | | | of the wise and the son of ancient kings | tree rules | 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} אַךְ־אֱוִלִים֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן חַכְמֵי֙ יֹעֲצֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה עֵצָ֖ה נִבְעָרָ֑ה אֵ֚יךְ תֹּאמְר֣וּ אֶל־פַּרְעֹ֔ה בֶּן־חֲכָמִ֥ים אֲנִ֖י בֶּן־מַלְכֵי־קֶֽדֶם׃ [Isaiah 19:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:394` 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 19:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.393/) - next →: [Isaiah 19:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.395/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 19:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.11/)