--- title: Isaiah 37:4 (JPS 1917) — It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom t… · tree and pragmatics description: It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.' Who acts: LORD, king. 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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 (LORD, king), 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:764 # text = It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD thy God hath heard; wherefore make prayer for the remnant that is left.' 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 Rab Rab PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ _ 15 shakeh shakeh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 obj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Assyria Assyria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 appos _ _ 24 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 taunt taunt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 rebuke rebuke VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 LORD LORD PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 40 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 42 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ _ 44 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 45 wherefore wherefore ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 47 prayer prayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 remnant remnant NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 acl:relcl _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 55 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: none - hedged: yes - teacher: changed voice=character | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | may | | strength | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | future | the LORD | the words of Rab shakeh | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **send** | present · perfect | the king of Assyria | Rab shakeh | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme | | 4 | **taunt** | to-infinitive | the king of Assyria *not said here* | the living God | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Patient | | 5 | **rebuke** | future | the LORD *not said here* | the words | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 6 | **hear** | present · perfect | the LORD | the words | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 7 | **make** | infinitive | | prayer | | | | for the remnant; wherefore *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent prayer=Product for remnant=Asset | | 8 | **leave** | present · passive | | the remnant | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **word** | | | Rab shakeh | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: of=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} אוּלַ֡י יִשְׁמַע֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ אֵ֣ת ׀ דִּבְרֵ֣י רַב־שָׁקֵ֗ה אֲשֶׁר֩ שְׁלָח֨וֹ מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֤וּר ׀ אֲדֹנָיו֙ לְחָרֵף֙ אֱלֹהִ֣ים חַ֔י וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ בַּדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁמַ֖ע יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ תְפִלָּ֔ה בְּעַ֥ד הַשְּׁאֵרִ֖ית הַנִּמְצָאָֽה׃ [Isaiah 37:4: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.4/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:764` 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 37:3 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.763/) - next →: [Isaiah 37:5 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.765/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 37:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.37.4/)