--- title: Isaiah 5:2 (JPS 1917) — And he digged it, and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the… · tree and pragmatics description: And he digged it, and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a vat therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. Who acts: beloved, vineyard. 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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 (beloved, vineyard), 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:91 # text = And he digged it, and cleared it of stones, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also hewed out a vat therein; and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 digged dig VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 cleared clear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 planted plant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 choicest choice ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 amod _ _ 18 vine vine NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 built build VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 also also ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 hewed hew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 vat vat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 therein therein ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 ccomp _ _ 45 forth forth ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 grapes grape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 51 forth forth ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 grapes grape NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 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 | **dig** | past | beloved | vineyard | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **clear** | past | beloved *not said here* | vineyard | | | | of stones | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme of stone=Source | | 3 | **plant** | past | beloved *not said here* | vineyard | | | | with the choicest vine | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with vine=Instrument | | 4 | **build** | past | beloved *not said here* | a tower | | the midst of vineyard | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tower=Product | | 5 | **hew out** | past | beloved *not said here* | a vat | | | | therein *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vat=Patient | | 6 | **look** | past | beloved | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **bring** | should | vineyard | grapes | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent grape=Theme | | 8 | **bring** | past | vineyard | wild grapes | | | | forth *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent grape=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} וַֽיְעַזְּקֵ֣הוּ וַֽיְסַקְּלֵ֗הוּ וַיִּטָּעֵ֙הוּ֙ שֹׂרֵ֔ק וַיִּ֤בֶן מִגְדָּל֙ בְּתוֹכ֔וֹ וְגַם־יֶ֖קֶב חָצֵ֣ב בּ֑וֹ וַיְקַ֛ו לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת עֲנָבִ֖ים וַיַּ֥עַשׂ בְּאֻשִֽׁים׃ [Isaiah 5:2: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.5.2/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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