--- title: Isaiah 29:11 (JPS 1917) — And the vision of all this is become unto you as the words of a writ… · tree and pragmatics description: And the vision of all this is become unto you as the words of a writing that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I cannot, for it is sealed'; Who acts: vision, men, I, man. 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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 (vision, men, I, 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:603 # text = And the vision of all this is become unto you as the words of a writing that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I cannot, for it is sealed'; 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 vision vision NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 6 det:predet _ _ 6 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 unto unto ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 sealed seal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 22 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 deliver deliver VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl:relcl _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 31 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 32 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 34 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 38 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 37 obj _ _ 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 33 punct _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 saith say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 44 : : PUNCT : _ 47 punct _ _ 45 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 48 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 for for SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 51 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 sealed seal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 47 advcl _ _ 54 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: narrate - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed form=decl, act=narrate | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present · passive | the vision of this | | | | | unto you; as the words of a writing | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **seal** | present · passive | | a writing | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **deliver** | present | men | the words of a writing | one | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme to one=Destination | | 4 | **learn** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | men *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **read** | infinitive | | this | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 7 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **seal** | present · passive | | vision | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 10 | **word** | | | a writing | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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} וַתְּהִ֨י לָכֶ֜ם חָז֣וּת הַכֹּ֗ל כְּדִבְרֵי֮ הַסֵּ֣פֶר הֶֽחָתוּם֒ אֲשֶֽׁר־יִתְּנ֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ אֶל־יוֹדֵ֥עַ סֵ֛פֶר לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַר֙ לֹ֣א אוּכַ֔ל כִּ֥י חָת֖וּם הֽוּא׃ [Isaiah 29:11: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.11/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:603` 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 29:10 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.602/) - next →: [Isaiah 29:12 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.604/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 29:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.11/)