--- title: Isaiah 44:20 (JPS 1917) — He striveth after ashes, a deceived heart hath turned him aside, tha… · tree and pragmatics description: He striveth after ashes, a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?' Who acts: carpenter, deceived heart. 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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 (carpenter, deceived heart), 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:993 # text = He striveth after ashes, a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say: 'Is there not a lie in my right hand?' 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 striveth strive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ashes ash NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 hath have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 aside aside ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 deliver deliver VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 soul soul NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 23 cc _ _ 23 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 24 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ _ 26 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 ccomp _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 26 expl _ _ 28 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ _ 35 ? ? PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ 36 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: yes/no question - act: ask - voice: character - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **strive** | present | carpenter | | | | after ashes | | tree rules | | 2 | **deceive** | participle | | | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **turn** | present · perfect | a deceived heart | carpenter | | | | aside *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme he=Result | | 4 | **not** **deliver** | can | carpenter | carpenter's soul | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Patient | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | carpenter *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} רֹעֶ֣ה אֵ֔פֶר לֵ֥ב הוּתַ֖ל הִטָּ֑הוּ וְלֹֽא־יַצִּ֤יל אֶת־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ וְלֹ֣א יֹאמַ֔ר הֲל֥וֹא שֶׁ֖קֶר בִּימִינִֽי׃ס [Isaiah 44:20: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.20/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence `jps:ISA:993` 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 44:19 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.992/) - next →: [Isaiah 44:21 (JPS)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.994/) - ↑ back to [Isaiah 44:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.44.20/)