Isaiah 45:9 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth!
Who acts: Woe · What happens: strive
This is Isaiah 45:9 · JPS 1917, sentence 1 of 2 in the English of the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 translation, from Mova's open Bible corpus. 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 (Woe), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Woe | woe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Woe | nmod |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 striveth | nsubj |
| 5 | striveth | strive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Woe | acl:relcl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 Maker | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 Maker | nmod:poss |
| 8 | Maker | Maker | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 striveth | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 potsherd | punct |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 potsherd | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 potsherd | det |
| 12 | potsherd | potsherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 striveth | obl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 potsherds | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 potsherds | det |
| 15 | potsherds | potsherd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 potsherd | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 earth | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 earth | det |
| 18 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 potsherds | nmod |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Woe | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- exclamation
- act
- warn
- voice
- character
- polarity
- neg
- teacher
- changed act=warn, voice=character
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strive | present | Woe unto LORD | with LORD's Maker; as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth | tree rules |
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
ה֗וֹי רָ֚ב אֶת־יֹ֣צְר֔וֹ חֶ֖רֶשׂ אֶת־חַרְשֵׂ֣י אֲדָמָ֑ה הֲיֹאמַ֨רחֹ֤מֶר לְיֹֽצְרוֹ֙ מַֽה־תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וּפָעָלְךָ֖ אֵין־יָדַ֥יִם לֽוֹ׃ס
Isaiah 45:9: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
This verse in JPS 1917:
- Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker, as a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth!
- Shall the clay say to him that fashioned it: 'What makest thou?' Or: 'Thy work, it hath no hands'?
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:ISA:1010 of Mova's parse database.
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