--- title: Isaiah 27:9 (JPS 1917) — Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more. Who acts: this, fruit, face, Asherim. 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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 (this, fruit, face, Asherim), 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:554 # text = Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be expiated, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 obl _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 iniquity iniquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Jacob Jacob PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 expiated expiate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ _ 14 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 acl _ _ 20 away away ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 sin sin NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 26 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 maketh make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 advcl _ _ 27 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 altar altar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 chalkstones chalkstone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux:pass _ _ 37 beaten beat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 41 so so SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 fixed _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Asherim Asherim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ _ 49 images image NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 conj _ _ 50 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 rise rise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 52 no no ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 51 advmod _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none, voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expiate** | shall · passive | this | the iniquity of Jacob | | | | therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | this | all fruit | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **take away** | gerund | all fruit *not said here* | face's sin | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Theme | | 4 | **make** | present | face | all stones of the altar | | | | as chalkstones | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Product | | 5 | **beat** | present · passive | | chalkstones | | | | in pieces | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: subject=Patient in piece=Topic | | 6 | **rise** | shall | the Asherim and the sun images | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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} לָכֵ֗ן בְּזֹאת֙ יְכֻפַּ֣ר עֲוֺֽן־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְזֶ֕ה כָּל־פְּרִ֖י הָסִ֣ר חַטָּאת֑וֹ בְּשׂוּמ֣וֹ ׀ כָּל־אַבְנֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֗חַ כְּאַבְנֵי־גִר֙ מְנֻפָּצ֔וֹת לֹֽא־יָקֻ֥מוּ אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְחַמָּנִֽים׃ [Isaiah 27:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.27.9/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:554` 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 27:8 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.553/) - next →: [Isaiah 27:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.555/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 27:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.27.9/)