--- title: Isaiah 29:14 (JPS 1917) — Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this peop… · tree and pragmatics description: Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the prudence of their prudent men shall be hid. Who acts: I, wisdom. 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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, wisdom), 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:606 # text = Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the prudence of their prudent men shall be hid. 1 Therefore therefore ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 behold behold INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 again again ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 perish perish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 prudence prudence NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 prudent prudent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 41 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 hid hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 44 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed act=assert | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | future | I | a marvellous work | | | again | among this people; therefore *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 2 | **perish** | shall | the wisdom of works's wise men | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **hide** | shall · passive | | the prudence of works's prudent men | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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} לָכֵ֗ן הִנְנִ֥י יוֹסִ֛ף לְהַפְלִ֥יא אֶת־הָֽעָם־הַזֶּ֖ה הַפְלֵ֣א וָפֶ֑לֶא וְאָֽבְדָה֙ חָכְמַ֣ת חֲכָמָ֔יו וּבִינַ֥ת נְבֹנָ֖יו תִּסְתַּתָּֽר׃ס [Isaiah 29:14: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.14/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:606` 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 29:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.605/) - next →: [Isaiah 29:15 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.607/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 29:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.29.14/)