--- title: Isaiah 30:28 (JPS 1917) — And His breath is as an overflowing stream, that divideth even unto… · tree and pragmatics description: And His breath is as an overflowing stream, that divideth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples. Who acts: breath, overflowing stream, bridle. 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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 (breath, overflowing stream, bridle), 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:646 # text = And His breath is as an overflowing stream, that divideth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 as as ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 overflowing overflowing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 divideth divide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 even even ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 unto unto ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 sift sift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sieve sieve NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 bridle bridle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 30 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 31 nsubj _ _ 31 causeth cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 err err VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 jaws jaw NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 peoples people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | LORD's breath | | | | | as a overflowing stream and the jaws | tree rules | | 2 | **divide** | present | a overflowing stream and the jaws | | | | | unto the neck | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **sift** | to-infinitive | a overflowing stream and the jaws *not said here* | the nations | | | | with the sieve of destruction | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nation=Patient | | 4 | **cause** | present | a bridle | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **err** | to-infinitive | a bridle *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | shall | a bridle | | | the jaws | | of the peoples | 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} וְרוּח֞וֹ כְּנַ֤חַל שׁוֹטֵף֙ עַד־צַוָּ֣אר יֶֽחֱצֶ֔ה לַהֲנָפָ֥ה גוֹיִ֖ם בְּנָ֣פַת שָׁ֑וְא וְרֶ֣סֶן מַתְעֶ֔ה עַ֖ל לְחָיֵ֥י עַמִּֽים׃ [Isaiah 30:28: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.28/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:646` 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 30:27 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.645/) - next →: [Isaiah 30:29 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.647/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 30:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.30.28/)