--- title: Isaiah 34:4 (JPS 1917) — And all the host of heaven shall moulder away, and the heavens shall… · tree and pragmatics description: And all the host of heaven shall moulder away, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree. Who acts: host, leaf. 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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 (host, leaf), 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:711 # text = And all the host of heaven shall moulder away, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll; and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 moulder moulder VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 heavens heaven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 17 together together ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 scroll scroll NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 28 down down ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 leaf leaf NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 33 falleth fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 falling fall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ _ 44 from from ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 fig fig NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ _ 48 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 49 . . 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 | **moulder away** | shall | all host of heaven | | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **roll** | shall · passive | | the heavens | | | | as a scroll; together *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Agent | | 3 | **fall down** | shall | indignation's host | | | | | down *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fall off** | present | the leaf | | | the vine and a falling fig from the fig tree | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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} וְנָמַ֙קּוּ֙ כָּל־צְבָ֣א הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְנָגֹ֥לּוּ כַסֵּ֖פֶר הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְכָל־צְבָאָ֣ם יִבּ֔וֹל כִּנְבֹ֤ל עָלֶה֙ מִגֶּ֔פֶן וּכְנֹבֶ֖לֶת מִתְּאֵנָֽה׃ [Isaiah 34:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:711` 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 34:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.710/) - next →: [Isaiah 34:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.712/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 34:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.4/)