--- title: Isaiah 29:12 (JPS 1917) — and the writing is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 'Re… · tree and pragmatics description: and the writing is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I am not learned.' Who acts: I, writing. 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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 (I, writing), 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:604 # text = and the writing is delivered to him that is not learned, saying: 'Read this, I pray thee'; and he saith: 'I am not learned.' 1 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 writing writing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ _ 16 Read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 17 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 obj _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 21 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 obj _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saith say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 : : PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 28 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ _ 29 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 learned learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 33 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 34 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: changed polarity=none | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deliver** | present · passive | | the writing | man | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination | | 2 | **not** **learn** | present · passive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **read** | infinitive | | this | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Topic | | 5 | **pray** | present | I | thee | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | writing | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **learn** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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} וְנִתַּ֣ן הַסֵּ֗פֶר עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־יָדַ֥ע סֵ֛פֶר לֵאמֹ֖ר קְרָ֣א נָא־זֶ֑ה וְאָמַ֕ר לֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי סֵֽפֶר׃ס [Isaiah 29:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:604` 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 29:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.603/) - next →: [Isaiah 29:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.605/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 29:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.12/)