--- title: Isaiah 26:5 (JPS 1917) — For He hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, la… · tree and pragmatics description: For He hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, laying it low, laying it low even to the ground, bringing it even to the dust. Who acts: GOD. 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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 (GOD), 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:527 # text = For He hath brought down them that dwell on high, the lofty city, laying it low, laying it low even to the ground, bringing it even to the dust. 1 For for SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 dwell dwell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 high high NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 laying lay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 23 even even ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **bring down** | present · perfect | GOD | gates *= gate* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 2 | **dwell** | present | | | | high | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on high=Location | | 3 | **lay** | gerund | GOD *not said here* | city | | | | low *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 4 | **lay** | gerund | GOD *not said here* | city | | | | to the ground; low *property* | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 5 | **bring** | gerund | GOD *not said here* | city | | the dust | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to dust=Destination | 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} כִּ֤י הֵשַׁח֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֣י מָר֔וֹם קִרְיָ֖ה נִשְׂגָּבָ֑ה יַשְׁפִּילֶ֤נָּה יַשְׁפִּילָהּ֙ עַד־אֶ֔רֶץ יַגִּיעֶ֖נָּה עַד־עָפָֽר׃ [Isaiah 26:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:527` 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 26:4 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.526/) - next →: [Isaiah 26:6 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.528/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 26:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.26.5/)