--- title: Isaiah 34:17 (JPS 1917) — And He hath cast the lot for them, and His hand hath divided it unto… · tree and pragmatics description: And He hath cast the lot for them, and His hand hath divided it unto them by line; they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. Who acts: breath, hand, kites. 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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, hand, kites), 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:724 # text = And He hath cast the lot for them, and His hand hath divided it unto them by line; they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 divided divide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 unto unto ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB _ 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 from from ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 dwell dwell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 parataxis _ _ 35 therein therein ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **cast** | present · perfect | breath | the lot | | | | for kites *= kite* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent lot=Product for they=Beneficiary | | 2 | **divide** | present · perfect | breath's hand | lot | | | | unto kites *= kite*; by line | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme by line=Co-Theme | | 3 | **possess** | shall | kites *= kite* | lot | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 4 | **dwell** | shall | kites *= kite* | | | | from generation to generation | therein *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} וְהֽוּא־הִפִּ֤יל לָהֶן֙ גּוֹרָ֔ל וְיָד֛וֹ חִלְּקַ֥תָּה לָהֶ֖ם בַּקָּ֑ו עַד־עוֹלָם֙ יִֽירָשׁ֔וּהָ לְד֥וֹר וָד֖וֹר יִשְׁכְּנוּ־בָֽהּ׃ס [Isaiah 34:17: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.17/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:724` 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 34:16 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.723/) - next →: [Isaiah 35:1 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.725/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 34:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.34.17/)