Isaiah 51:16 · JPS 1917
And I have put My words in thy mouth, and have covered thee in the shadow of My hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion: 'Thou art My people.'
Who acts: I, My · What happens: put, cover, plant, lay, say, be · To what, where: words, mouth, thee, heavens, foundations, people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is Isaiah 51:16 · JPS 1917 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 (I, My), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 put | cc |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 words | nmod:poss |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 put | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 mouth | case |
| 8 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 9 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 put | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 covered | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 covered | cc |
| 12 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 covered | aux |
| 13 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 put | conj |
| 14 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 covered | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 shadow | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 shadow | det |
| 17 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 covered | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 hand | case |
| 19 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 hand | nmod:poss |
| 20 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 shadow | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 plant | punct |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 25 plant | mark |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 plant | nsubj |
| 24 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 plant | aux |
| 25 | plant | plant | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 covered | advcl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 heavens | det |
| 27 | heavens | heaven | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 plant | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 lay | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 lay | cc |
| 30 | lay | lay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 plant | conj |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 foundations | det |
| 32 | foundations | foundation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 lay | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 earth | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 earth | det |
| 35 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 foundations | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 say | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 say | cc |
| 38 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 plant | conj |
| 39 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 40 Zion | case |
| 40 | Zion | Zion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 say | obl |
| 41 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 46 people | punct |
| 42 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 people | punct |
| 43 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 44 art | nsubj |
| 44 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 46 people | cop |
| 45 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 people | nmod:poss |
| 46 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 say | ccomp |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 46 people | punct |
| 48 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 46 people | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- assert
- voice
- character
- polarity
- pos
- teacher
- changed act=assert
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present · perfect | I | My words | thy mouth | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent word=Theme in mouth=Destination | |||
| 2 | cover | present · perfect | I not said here | thee | in the shadow of My hand | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent thou=Destination in shadow=Theme | |||
| 3 | plant | may | I | the heavens | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heaven=Patient | ||||
| 4 | lay | infinitive | I not said here | the foundations of the earth | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=Result | ||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | infinitive | I not said here | unto Zion | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | is a | present | My people | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | word | My | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | shadow | My hand | nom shadow «state 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
וָאָשִׂ֤ים דְּבָרַי֙ בְּפִ֔יךָ וּבְצֵ֥ל יָדִ֖י כִּסִּיתִ֑יךָ לִנְטֹ֤עַ שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְלִיסֹ֣ד אָ֔רֶץ וְלֵאמֹ֥ר לְצִיּ֖וֹן עַמִּי־אָֽתָּה׃ס
Isaiah 51:16: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →
Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:ISA:1148 of Mova's parse database.
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