Isaiah 40:20 · JPS 1917
A holm-oak is set apart, he chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman to set up an image, that shall not be moved.
Who acts: silversmith, tree · What happens: set apart, choose, not rot, seek, set up, not move · To what, where: holm oak, tree, cunning craftsman, image
This is Isaiah 40:20 · 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 (silversmith, tree), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 oak | det |
| 2 | holm | holm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 oak | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 holm | punct |
| 4 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 set | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 set | aux:pass |
| 6 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 6 set | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 chooseth | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 chooseth | nsubj |
| 10 | chooseth | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 set | parataxis |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tree | det |
| 12 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 chooseth | obj |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 rot | nsubj |
| 14 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 rot | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 rot | advmod |
| 16 | rot | rot | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 tree | acl:relcl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 seeketh | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 seeketh | nsubj |
| 19 | seeketh | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 set | parataxis |
| 20 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 seeketh | obl |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 craftsman | det |
| 23 | cunning | cunning | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 craftsman | amod |
| 24 | craftsman | craftsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 seeketh | obj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 set | mark |
| 26 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 craftsman | acl |
| 27 | up | up | ADP | _ | 26 set | compound:prt |
| 28 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 image | det |
| 29 | image | image | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 set | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 moved | punct |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 moved | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 moved | aux |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 35 moved | advmod |
| 34 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 35 moved | aux:pass |
| 35 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 image | acl:relcl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 set | punct |
Pragmatics
- form
- statement
- act
- narrate
- voice
- narrator
- polarity
- none
- teacher
- kept the draft
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set apart | present · passive | a holm oak | apart property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | choose | present | silversmith | a tree | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not rot | future | a tree | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 4 | seek | present | silversmith | a cunning craftsman | unto goldsmith | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent craftsman=Theme | |||
| 5 | set up | to-infinitive | silversmith not said here | a image | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient image=Result | ||||
| 6 | not move | shall · passive | a image | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=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
הַֽמְסֻכָּ֣ן תְּרוּמָ֔ה עֵ֥ץ לֹֽא־יִרְקַ֖ב יִבְחָ֑ר חָרָ֤שׁ חָכָם֙ יְבַקֶּשׁ־ל֔וֹ לְהָכִ֥ין פֶּ֖סֶל לֹ֥א יִמּֽוֹט׃
Isaiah 40:20: 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:857 of Mova's parse database.
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