--- title: Isaiah 29:8 (JPS 1917) — And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eatet… · tree and pragmatics description: And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite — so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.599/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tanakh/) / [Nevi'im](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/) / [Isaiah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/) / [chapter 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA/29/) / [29:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.8/) / JPS 1 # Isaiah 29:8 · JPS 1917 And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite — so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. **Who acts:** hungry man, man, soul, thirsty man, nations · **What happens:** dream, eat, awake, be, drink, have · **To what, where:** appetite This is Isaiah 29:8 · JPS 1917 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (hungry man, man, soul, thirsty man), 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:599 # text = And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth, but he awaketh, and his soul is empty; or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh, but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite — so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 dreameth dream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 behold behold INTJ UH _ 17 discourse _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 eateth eat VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 awaketh awake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ _ 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 35 mark _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 thirsty thirsty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 dreameth dream VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 behold behold INTJ UH _ 42 discourse _ _ 40 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 drinketh drink VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 awaketh awake VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 behold behold INTJ UH _ 54 discourse _ _ 51 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 cop _ _ 54 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 59 hath have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 conj _ _ 60 appetite appetite NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 61 — - PUNCT : _ 70 punct _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 63 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 70 aux _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 nsubj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 69 det:predet _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 70 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 71 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 72 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 73 nsubj _ _ 73 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 acl:relcl _ _ 74 against against ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 mount mount NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 compound _ _ 76 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 obl _ _ 77 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | present | a hungry man | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **eat** | present | man | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **awake** | present | man | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | man's soul | | | | | empty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **dream** | present | a thirsty man | | | | | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **drink** | present | man | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **awake** | present | man | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | present | man | | | | | faint *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **have** | present | man's soul | appetite | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appetite=Patient | | 10 | **fight** | present | all nations | | | | | against mount Zion | vn battle-36.4-1 «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} וְהָיָ֡ה כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ יַחֲלֹ֨ם הָרָעֵ֜ב וְהִנֵּ֣ה אוֹכֵ֗ל וְהֵקִיץ֮ וְרֵיקָ֣ה נַפְשׁוֹ֒ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֨ר יַחֲלֹ֤ם הַצָּמֵא֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה שֹׁתֶ֔ה וְהֵקִיץ֙ וְהִנֵּ֣ה עָיֵ֔ף וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ שׁוֹקֵקָ֑ה כֵּ֣ן יִֽהְיֶ֗ה הֲמוֹן֙ כָּל־הַגּוֹיִ֔ם הַצֹּבְאִ֖ים עַל־הַ֥ר צִיּֽוֹן׃ס [Isaiah 29:8: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.8/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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