--- title: Isaiah 2:21 (JPS 1917) — To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crevices of the cra… · tree and pragmatics description: To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crevices of the crags, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of His majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. Who acts: LORD, majesty. 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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, majesty), 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:53 # text = To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crevices of the crags, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of His majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 clefts cleft NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 crevices crevice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 crags crag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 ariseth arise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 shake shake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 mightily mightily ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: other - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=other | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | to-infinitive | | | | the clefts of the rocks and the crevices of the crags | | from the terror of the LORD and the glory of LORD's majesty | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into cleft=Initial\_Location from terror=Destination | | 2 | **arise** | present | LORD | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **shake** | to-infinitive | LORD *not said here* | the earth | | | | mightily *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent earth=Patient | | 4 | **glory** | | LORD's majesty | | | | | | nom glory «state intransitive»: of=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} לָבוֹא֙ בְּנִקְר֣וֹת הַצֻּרִ֔ים וּבִסְעִפֵ֖י הַסְּלָעִ֑ים מִפְּנֵ֞י פַּ֤חַד יְהוָה֙ וּמֵהֲדַ֣ר גְּאוֹנ֔וֹ בְּקוּמ֖וֹ לַעֲרֹ֥ץ הָאָֽרֶץ׃ [Isaiah 2:21: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.21/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:53` 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 2:20 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.52/) - next →: [Isaiah 2:22 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.54/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 2:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.21/)