--- title: Isaiah 21:3 (JPS 1917) — Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see. Who acts: pangs, 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 (pangs, 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:421 # text = Therefore are my loins filled with convulsion; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail; I am bent so that I cannot hear; I am affrighted so that I cannot see. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 loins loin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 convulsion convulsion NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 pangs pang NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 10 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 12 hold hold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 as as ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 pangs pang NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 travail travail NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 bent bend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 28 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 33 mark _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 fixed _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ _ 33 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 affrighted affright VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 43 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: express - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=express | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fill** | present · passive | | my loins | | | | with convulsion; therefore *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with convulsion=Instrument | | 2 | **take** | present · perfect | pangs | hold | | | | upon me; as the pangs of a woman in travail | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent hold=Theme as pang=Attribute | | 3 | **bend** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material | | 4 | **not** **hear** | can | I | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **affright** | present · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **see** | can | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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} עַל־כֵּ֗ן מָלְא֤וּ מָתְנַי֙ חַלְחָלָ֔ה צִירִ֣ים אֲחָז֔וּנִי כְּצִירֵ֖י יֽוֹלֵדָ֑ה נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי מִשְּׁמֹ֔עַ נִבְהַ֖לְתִּי מֵרְאֽוֹת׃ [Isaiah 21:3: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.3/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:421` 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 21:2 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.420/) - next →: [Isaiah 21:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.422/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 21:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.21.3/)