--- title: Isaiah 27:11 (JPS 1917) — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the… · tree and pragmatics description: When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, and He that formed them will not be gracious unto them. Who acts: women, city, calf. 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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 (women, city, calf), 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:556 # text = When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding; therefore He that made them will not have compassion upon them, and He that formed them will not be gracious unto them. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boughs bough NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 withered wither VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 off off ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 16 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 21 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 parataxis _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 32 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 34 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 35 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 36 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 38 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 42 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 43 upon upon ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ _ 45 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 47 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 48 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 54 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 55 unto unto ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ _ 57 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: narrator - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wither** | present · passive | | the boughs | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **break off** | shall · passive | | boughs *= bough* | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **come** | shall | the women | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **set** | infinitive | the women *not said here* | women *= woman* | | fire | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme on fire=Destination | | 5 | **is a** | present | city | a people | | | | of no understanding | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | past | | women *= woman* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product | | 7 | **not** **have** | future | calf | compassion | | | | upon women *= woman*; therefore *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Patient | | 8 | **form** | past | | women *= woman* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location they=Theme | | 9 | **not** **is** | future | calf | | | | | unto women *= woman*; gracious *property* | 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} בִּיבֹ֤שׁ קְצִירָהּ֙ תִּשָּׁבַ֔רְנָה נָשִׁ֕ים בָּא֖וֹת מְאִיר֣וֹת אוֹתָ֑הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עַם־בִּינוֹת֙ ה֔וּא עַל־כֵּן֙ לֹֽא־יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּ עֹשֵׂ֔הוּ וְיֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א יְחֻנֶּֽנּוּ׃ס [Isaiah 27:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.27.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:556` 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 27:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.555/) - next →: [Isaiah 27:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.557/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 27:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.27.11/)