--- title: Isaiah 38:12 (JPS 1917) — My habitation is plucked up and carried away from me as a shepherd's… · tree and pragmatics description: My habitation is plucked up and carried away from me as a shepherd's tent; I have rolled up like a weaver my life; He will cut me off from the thrum; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me. Who acts: I, shepherd, Thou. 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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 (I, shepherd, Thou), 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:815 # text = My habitation is plucked up and carried away from me as a shepherd's tent; I have rolled up like a weaver my life; He will cut me off from the thrum; from day even to night wilt Thou make an end of me. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 plucked pluck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 shepherd shepherd NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 tent tent NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 parataxis _ _ 20 up up ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 like like ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 weaver weaver NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod:unmarked _ _ 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 thrum thrum NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 38 even even ADV RB _ 40 case _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 41 wilt will AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 42 Thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 43 nsubj _ _ 43 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 44 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: character - polarity: pos - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pluck up** | present · passive | | My habitation | | | | | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **carry away** | participle | | | | | | from me; as a shepherd's tent; away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from i=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **roll up** | present · perfect | I | my life | | | | like a weaver | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **cut off** | future | shepherd | me | | the thrum | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent i=Theme from thrum=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **make** | future | Thou | a end of me | | | day; night | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset end=Product | 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} דּוֹרִ֗י נִסַּ֧ע וְנִגְלָ֛ה מִנִּ֖י כְּאֹ֣הֶל רֹעִ֑י קִפַּ֨דְתִּי כָאֹרֵ֤ג חַיַּי֙ מִדַּלָּ֣ה יְבַצְּעֵ֔נִי מִיּ֥וֹם עַד־לַ֖יְלָה תַּשְׁלִימֵֽנִי׃ [Isaiah 38:12: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.12/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:815` 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 38:11 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.814/) - next →: [Isaiah 38:13 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.816/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 38:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.38.12/)