--- title: Isaiah 28:4 (JPS 1917) — And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head o… · tree and pragmatics description: And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer, which when one looketh upon it, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. Who acts: glorious beauty, fading flower, one, flower. 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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 (glorious beauty, fading flower, one, flower), 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:562 # text = And the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be as the first-ripe fig before the summer, which when one looketh upon it, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 fading fade VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 amod _ _ 4 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 glorious glorious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl:relcl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 20 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 24 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ _ 26 ripe ripe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 28 before before ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 34 one one PRON PRP Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 looketh look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 36 upon upon ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 while while SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 42 yet yet ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 advcl _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 eateth eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 50 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | gerund | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | Ephraim's glorious beauty | | | the head | | of the fat valley | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | shall | the fading flower of Ephraim's glorious beauty | | | | summer | as the ripe fig | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | present | one | | | | | upon flower | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon it=Theme | | 5 | **is** | present | flower | | | Ephraim's hand | yet | | tree rules | | 6 | **eat up** | present | Ephraim | the summer | | | | | 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} וְֽהָ֨יְתָ֜ה צִיצַ֤ת נֹבֵל֙ צְבִ֣י תִפְאַרְתּ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־רֹ֖אשׁ גֵּ֣יא שְׁמָנִ֑ים כְּבִכּוּרָהּ֙בְּטֶ֣רֶם קַ֔יִץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִרְאֶ֤ה הָֽרֹאֶה֙ אוֹתָ֔הּ בְּעוֹדָ֥הּ בְּכַפּ֖וֹ יִבְלָעֶֽנָּה׃ס [Isaiah 28:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.28.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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