Isaiah 8:23 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 of 2

Now the former hath lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but the latter hath dealt a more grievous blow by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in the district of the nations.

Who acts: former, latter · What happens: afflict, deal · To what, where: land, grievous blow, district

This is Isaiah 8:23 · JPS 1917, sentence 2 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 (former, latter), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 afflicted	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 former	det
3	former	former	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 afflicted	nsubj
4	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 afflicted	aux
5	lightly	lightly	ADV	_	6 afflicted	advmod
6	afflicted	afflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 afflicted	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Zebulun	case
10	Zebulun	Zebulun	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 land	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 land	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 land	det
13	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 land	conj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Naphtali	case
15	Naphtali	Naphtali	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 land	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 dealt	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	21 dealt	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 latter	det
19	latter	latter	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dealt	nsubj
20	hath	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 dealt	aux
21	dealt	deal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 afflicted	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 blow	det
23	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	24 grievous	advmod
24	grievous	grievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 blow	amod
25	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dealt	obj
26	by	by	ADP	_	28 way	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 way	det
28	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dealt	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	31 sea	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 sea	det
31	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 way	nmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 Jordan	punct
33	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	35 Jordan	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Jordan	det
35	Jordan	Jordan	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 dealt	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 district	punct
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 district	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 district	det
39	district	district	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dealt	obl
40	of	of	ADP	_	42 nations	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 nations	det
42	nations	nation	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 district	nmod
43	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 afflicted	punct

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	afflict	present · perfect	the former	the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali			now	lightly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus land=Experiencer
2	deal	present · perfect	the latter	a grievous blow		the district of the nations		by the way of the sea; beyond the Jordan	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=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

כִּ֣י לֹ֣א מוּעָף֮ לַאֲשֶׁ֣ר מוּצָ֣ק לָהּ֒ כָּעֵ֣ת הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן הֵקַ֞ל אַ֤רְצָה זְבֻלוּן֙ וְאַ֣רְצָה נַפְתָּלִ֔י וְהָאַחֲר֖וֹן הִכְבִּ֑יד דֶּ֤רֶךְ הַיָּם֙ עֵ֣בֶר הַיַּרְדֵּ֔ן גְּלִ֖יל הַגּוֹיִֽם׃

Isaiah 8:23: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics and Targum Jonathan →

This verse in JPS 1917:

For is there no gloom to her that was stedfast?
Now the former hath lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but the latter hath dealt a more grievous blow by the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, in the district of the nations.

Source. The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. Sentence jps:ISA:186 of Mova's parse database.

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