--- title: Isaiah 33:20 (JPS 1917) — Look upon Zion, the city of our solemn gatherings; thine eyes shall… · tree and pragmatics description: Look upon Zion, the city of our solemn gatherings; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a peaceful habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. Who acts: you, eyes. 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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 (you, eyes), 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:703 # text = Look upon Zion, the city of our solemn gatherings; thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a peaceful habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 upon upon ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 Zion Zion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 gatherings gathering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ 16 Jerusalem Jerusalem PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 acl:relcl _ _ 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stakes stake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 appos _ _ 31 whereof whereof ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 33 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 plucked pluck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 36 up up ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 46 cc _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 40 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 cords cord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 thereof thereof ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: command - act: request - voice: character - polarity: neg - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | upon Zion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon zion=Theme | | 2 | **see** | shall | thine eyes | Jerusalem | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **remove** | shall · passive | | a tent | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **pluck up** | shall · passive | | | | | | whereof *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative» | | 5 | **break** | shall · passive | | any | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «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} חֲזֵ֣ה צִיּ֔וֹן קִרְיַ֖ת מֽוֹעֲדֵ֑נוּ עֵינֶיךָ֩ תִרְאֶ֨ינָה יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם נָוֶ֣ה שַׁאֲנָ֗ן אֹ֤הֶל בַּל־יִצְעָן֙ בַּל־יִסַּ֤ע יְתֵֽדֹתָיו֙ לָנֶ֔צַח וְכָל־חֲבָלָ֖יו בַּל־יִנָּתֵֽקוּ׃ [Isaiah 33:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:703` 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 33:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.702/) - next →: [Isaiah 33:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.704/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 33:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.20/)